unfilled

adjective

un·​filled ˌən-ˈfild How to pronounce unfilled (audio)
: not filled
an unfilled bottle
unfilled spaces
a vacancy left unfilled
an unfilled order

Examples of unfilled in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Bass’ team has already endorsed the general concept of taking unfilled positions off the books, saying some of the jobs have been vacant for several years. David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024 The industry has more than 1 million unfilled positions, according to the latest reading from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024 Still, current degree completion trends indicate that 67,000 jobs—more than half—will go unfilled. Matt Gandal, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024 That said, the ship never felt crowded, in part because A&K limits capacity for its tours, meaning that some rooms go deliberately unfilled. David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024 Coincidently, 43 percent is also the 12-month average for unfilled job openings. James Freeman, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2023 At the Steamboat hospital, doctors willing to pay more than $1 million for a home have been repeatedly outbid by all-cash, out-of-town buyers, and housing costs have caused some positions to go unfilled for more than two years. Josh Feldman, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2024 Its communication unit has had dozens of unfilled positions for months and has been talking about the problem for years. Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2024 Within Jefferson County Public Schools, there are 350 unfilled teacher positions. Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 26 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1584, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unfilled was in 1584

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“Unfilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfilled. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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