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
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Letting go of something unfulfilling is never a waste.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 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.
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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
The bond these women form becomes a strange, hallucinatory routine as Laura starts life anew after the car accident seems to have spared her, though violently, from an unfulfilling relationship with her boyfriend.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 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
The bond these women form becomes a strange, hallucinatory routine as Laura starts life anew after the car accident seems to have spared her, though violently, from an unfulfilling relationship with her boyfriend.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for unfulfilling
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“Unfulfilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfulfilling. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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