UNFULFILLED Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

unfulfilled

adjective

Definition of unfulfilled

as in frustrated

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Recent Examples of unfulfilled Brazil’s 2014 World Cup construction projects were a disaster, with construction projects running over budget and infrastructure promises left unfulfilled. — Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026 This sentiment stems from accelerating inflation, a cooling labor market, modest productivity gains, and AI's unfulfilled promise of broad wage increases. — William Arruda, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Correspondent Martha Teichner looks at the long road of the ERA, and talks with three generations of women for whom equal rights under the Constitution remains an unfulfilled goal. — David Morgan, CBS News, 26 June 2026 For instance, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been politically weakened by the Iran war’s major objectives going unfulfilled. — Will Weissert, Fortune, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for unfulfilled

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfulfilled

Adjective

Djokovic became so frustrated that he was given a code violation warning for smashing a racket, before eventually hauling himself over the line.

— Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Keli Gonzalez, a painter the museum commissioned, became frustrated by the lack of female representation.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 3 July 2026

Definition of frustrated

Adjective

Some disappointed fans lingered near the barricades and boundaries police had set up and were enforcing.

— Meriam Bouarrouj, NBC news, 4 July 2026
Given their expectations entering the day, Netcompany-INEOS will be deeply disappointed with Kevin Vauquelin’s puncture, their French leader having enjoyed such an impressive Tour last year.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of disappointed

Adjective

Owning a home has long been considered part of financial freedom and the larger American Dream, but that concept itself has lost its sheen as a rising share of young Americans grow disillusioned with it.

— Tristan Bove, Fortune, 30 June 2026
Glass says her camps provide disillusioned men a better way forward.

— Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 21 June 2026

Definition of disillusioned

Adjective

Presented Out of Competition at the 1967 edition of Venice, Deadly Sweet takes it cue from a brief encounter between a disenchanted man and a girl with no illusions in the wake of the murder of a nightclub owner in London.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 June 2026
But according to the Daily Mail, the overall situation left him disenchanted.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2026

Definition of disenchanted

Adjective

Inflation is a sore spot for Americans, who are growing more dissatisfied with the economy, according to polls and consumer surveys.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 1 July 2026
Gen Zers are even more dissatisfied with their opportunities, Blanchflower says, amid factors like underemployment, the Covid-19 pandemic, war, trade tariffs, artificial intelligence, automation and job-hugging.

— Jennifer Liu Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 29 June 2026

Definition of dissatisfied

Adjective

Fortunately the wig has had a second outing with Fouracres donning it again in Episode 7, when his parody Attenborough turned up to wrestle a discontented rhino during Weekend Update.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 15 May 2026
Serious or not, secession — or independence, as some prefer to call it — has long been the dream of dissenters, of the discontented and those who feel put upon or politically unrepresented.

— Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026

Definition of discontented

Adjective

As if the arc of history just naturally bends towards justice without aggrieved people putting pressure on it.

— Sarah Schulman, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026
When early goals by both teams were denied by offside calls, the aggrieved fans jeered and whistled — the equivalent of Chiefs fans booing pass interference against their guy.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026

Definition of aggrieved

Adjective

The committee said in the report that Coupang has been the target of discriminatory pressure from the South Korean government that intensified in 2025 after a data breach perpetrated by a disgruntled former employee.

— Justin Papp, CNBC, 1 July 2026
On the streets of Moscow, disgruntled drivers wait patiently for gasoline in a long line of cars and trucks amid an acute national shortage.

— Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 29 June 2026

Definition of disgruntled

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