unconsummated
adjective
un·con·sum·mat·ed
ˌən-ˈkän(t)-sə-ˌmā-təd 
: not finished, completed, or achieved
especially
: not made complete by sexual intercourse
an unconsummated marriage
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With four unconsummated nominations to her credit for her brilliant turns in films including The Kids Are All Right, Being Julia, American Beauty, and The Grifters over the last 30 years, Bening is perhaps one of the most overdue performers in Hollywood.
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EW.com, 2 Nov. 2023
Jones was recalling this unconsummated Hollywood courtship with a smile, not a grimace.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Aug. 2023
Beauty stands in for unconsummated mourning.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
But the writers caught on, and Gerri became a regular — and in turn, loyal viewers have gotten to see the hottest, strangest unconsummated relationship on television, between Roman (Kieran Culkin) and Gerri (Smith-Cameron).
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
The story of Eliot’s relationship with Hale is largely one of prolonged unconsummated desire.
—Evan Kindley, The New Republic, 30 Nov. 2022
Walker is also frank about her bisexuality, her love affair with pop singer Tracy Chapman (about which she’s been circumspect in the past) and an unconsummated mutual infatuation with music producer Quincy Jones.
—Bo Emerson, ajc, 28 Mar. 2022
But Mary is also a Schrödinger’s bride, trapped in a fraught, unconsummated lust affair with Steve, who wants to marry her instead of Fran.
—Vulture, 27 Jan. 2023
Word of Rhaenyra and Daemon’s dangerous (though unconsummated) liaison quickly travels back to the Red Keep via a child spy in the employ of, of all people, Daemon’s paramour Mysaria.
—Sean T. Collins, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2022
EW.com, 2 Nov. 2023
Jones was recalling this unconsummated Hollywood courtship with a smile, not a grimace.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Aug. 2023
Beauty stands in for unconsummated mourning.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
But the writers caught on, and Gerri became a regular — and in turn, loyal viewers have gotten to see the hottest, strangest unconsummated relationship on television, between Roman (Kieran Culkin) and Gerri (Smith-Cameron).
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
The story of Eliot’s relationship with Hale is largely one of prolonged unconsummated desire.
—Evan Kindley, The New Republic, 30 Nov. 2022
Walker is also frank about her bisexuality, her love affair with pop singer Tracy Chapman (about which she’s been circumspect in the past) and an unconsummated mutual infatuation with music producer Quincy Jones.
—Bo Emerson, ajc, 28 Mar. 2022
But Mary is also a Schrödinger’s bride, trapped in a fraught, unconsummated lust affair with Steve, who wants to marry her instead of Fran.
—Vulture, 27 Jan. 2023
Word of Rhaenyra and Daemon’s dangerous (though unconsummated) liaison quickly travels back to the Red Keep via a child spy in the employ of, of all people, Daemon’s paramour Mysaria.
—Sean T. Collins, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2022
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“Unconsummated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unconsummated. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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