unconsummated

adjective

un·​con·​sum·​mat·​ed ˌən-ˈkän(t)-sə-ˌmā-təd 

: not finished, completed, or achieved

Any deal that sends a franchise icon to a hated rival is better left unconsummated.

—The Republican (Springfield, MA)

especially : not made complete by sexual intercourse

an unconsummated marriage

Examples of unconsummated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jones was recalling this unconsummated Hollywood courtship with a smile, not a grimace. — Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Aug. 2023

This relationship, which is not clarified as romantic until the end of the film, actually goes unconsummated onscreen, at least in the technical sense. — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2024

In a humiliating twist, his academic promise, too, goes unconsummated. — Giles Harvey, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024

There’s yearning, an unrequited, unconsummated obsession, and also a predatory, gamelike situation. — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025

The unconsummated love and undying obsession between Catherine Earnshaw (Margot Robbie) and her unruly adopted brother Heathcliff (Jacob Elordi)? — Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unconsummated

• abbreviated
• accelerated
• accentuated
• accommodated
• acculturated
• accumulated
• acidulated
• adjudicated
• administrated
• adulterated
• affiliated
• agglomerated