unfulfillment

noun

un·​fulfillment

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1

: failure to fulfill : lack of execution

unfulfillment of an obligation

2

: failure to achieve fulfillment : lack of consummation : dissatisfaction

had arrived at this … final unfulfillment

—Fred Majdalany

consume themselves in unfulfillment

—Yale Review

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