as in frustrated
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of unfulfilled
Produced by Mabel Cheung, Good Trip is the story of a young woman who smuggles her terminally ill father out of a hospital to address his unfulfilled wishes.
—
Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
The Fighting Irish had slipped into seemingly perpetual mediocrity and unfulfilled expectations.
—Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
By 2024, SpaceX had realized the unfulfilled vision of NASA, launching on a nearly biweekly basis.
—Michael Carrafiello, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
In fact, the Gable House represented an unfulfilled dream for the duo, both as a home to live in and a business to run.
—Michelle Polizzi, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unfulfilled
Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
The Fighting Irish had slipped into seemingly perpetual mediocrity and unfulfilled expectations.
—Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
By 2024, SpaceX had realized the unfulfilled vision of NASA, launching on a nearly biweekly basis.
—Michael Carrafiello, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
In fact, the Gable House represented an unfulfilled dream for the duo, both as a home to live in and a business to run.
—Michelle Polizzi, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unfulfilled
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfulfilled
Adjective
-
The United Kingdom hosted a virtual summit Thursday with over three dozen countries seeking to establish a plan for reopening the Strait of Hormuz as a frustrated White House orders them to figure the issue out for themselves.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Apr. 2026
-
The frustrated plaintiffs turned to a second funeral home two weeks later.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
-
There’s no way to describe what happens next except as love disappointed.—
Alice Kaplan,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
-
Janet got right back in her car and had to deal with a disappointed and screaming child all the way home who just wanted to swim in a pool with his friends and not have to deal with the damn drama.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
-
In a world of jaded billionaires, psychiatrist-gurus, bio-hacked tech bros, AI labs and disillusioned teens being optimized in elite private schools, an audacious data-mining CEO (Magnussen) strives to turn insight and influence into profit and power.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2026
-
The product arrives at a time when young people are growing disillusioned with the traditional financial system and sometimes turning to crypto.—
Carlos Garcia,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
-
Besides, the film will follow Paltrow’s celebrated appearance in Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, which cast her as a glamorous but disenchanted wife to a very wealthy man.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
25 Mar. 2026
-
Six years later, some disenchanted daters are logging off.—
Lauren Fichten,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
Adjective
-
The lower classes and the clergy had always hated the Castilians, and the Portuguese aristocracy and the commercial classes—previously content with the patronage and the economic opportunities that the union with Spain had provided—had become dissatisfied during the preceding 20 years.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
-
Even a new poll by the pro-Trump Fox News network found that 64% of Americans are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
-
Her discontented characters seem to wander beneath an empty firmament.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
5 Jan. 2026
-
Understandably, the discontented then demand laws — subsidies, tax preferences, affirmative action and other legal privileges — that favor their side.—
Pierre Lemieux,
Twin Cities,
12 Dec. 2025
Adjective
-
OutKick’s Davey Hudson took to the streets of Nashville and New York City to talk to aggrieved football fans.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
20 Mar. 2026
-
Liverpool had their own reasons to feel aggrieved when Ibrahima Konate had a goal denied after the ball was deemed to have dribbled in.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
-
The disgruntled wide receiver is back to full strength, but he's burned all bridges back to the organization.—
Ernesto Cova,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
-
As the shutdown progressed, airports across the country increasingly struggled with lengthy security lines and resulting disgruntled travelers.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
27 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Unfulfilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfulfilled. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
