unfulfilling

adjective

un·​ful·​fill·​ing ˌən-fu̇(l)-ˈfi-liŋ 

 also  -fə(l)-

: not providing happiness or satisfaction : not fulfilling

an unfulfilling job/relationship

Examples of unfulfilling in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With so many eager to escape unfulfilling careers, strategic tools like ChatGPT prompts have become increasingly helpful to jump start career transitions. —Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

Ari is aimless and has made the executive decision to wean himself off his antidepressants; Sam is tortured by the prospect of going straight from college into a boring and unfulfilling career at Morgan Stanley. —Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025

But robots are also freeing humans from heavy lifting and repetitive, mindless tasks that, for decades, made factory work both hazardous and unfulfilling. —IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2025

Segarra plays Raymond, a married man who's also in an unfulfilling relationship with Devon. 07 of 08 Felix Solis as Jose Felix Solis has been a regular presence in film and on TV since the mid-90s. —Randall Colburn, EW.com, 22 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1822, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unfulfilling

• backfilling
• distilling
• fulfilling
• infilling
• instilling
• refilling
• sawmilling
• unwilling
• billing
• chilling
• drilling
• filling