1
: not satisfied or fulfilled
unmet needs
unmet expectations
an unmet deadline
2
: not having met
several unmet individuals
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That would leave about 20,000 acre-feet of unmet demand for Colorado River water, roughly equal to the annual water use of 200,000 Phoenix residents.
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Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Her award-winning first book, Dreamers, showed how the unmet aspirations of the world’s largest cohort of young people reflect the failures of globalization.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
The opportunity to repeat as champions for the first time in a quarter-century has not been taken lightly in this clubhouse, with a group of veterans who have felt both the sting of unmet expectations and the joy of winning on the game’s biggest stage.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
The Owensboro news media and some white onlookers insist that when the lady sheriff didn’t show up to act as executioner, there was anger in the press’s unmet expectations, which then was taken out on the crowd, with the reporters lying about the audience’s unruly behavior.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
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Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Her award-winning first book, Dreamers, showed how the unmet aspirations of the world’s largest cohort of young people reflect the failures of globalization.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
The opportunity to repeat as champions for the first time in a quarter-century has not been taken lightly in this clubhouse, with a group of veterans who have felt both the sting of unmet expectations and the joy of winning on the game’s biggest stage.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
The Owensboro news media and some white onlookers insist that when the lady sheriff didn’t show up to act as executioner, there was anger in the press’s unmet expectations, which then was taken out on the crowd, with the reporters lying about the audience’s unruly behavior.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Unmet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmet. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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