Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: unfulfilled
IPA transcription: [,ʌnfʊlf'ɪld]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: unfulfilled, unrealized, unrealised
    Meaning: of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities; "unfulfilled and uneasy men"; "unrealized dreams and ambitions"
Usage examples
  • The unfulfilled wish, to which he reacts by means of the dream, is the psychic sleep-disturbing stimulus for the child.
  • The child's dream is a reaction to an experience of the day, which has left behind it a regret, a longing or an unfulfilled desire.
  • The starting point of any process of thinking is something going on, something which just as it stands is incomplete or unfulfilled.
  • As it has ever been--sorrow and labour, lives cramped and unfulfilled, lives tempted by power, tempted by wealth, and gone to waste and folly.