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Recent Examples of unfulfilled
His father thought that Duvall would follow in his footsteps with a career in the military, but instead the path that the young man would forge was his mother’s unfulfilled one.
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Chris Nashawaty, Vanity Fair, 16 Feb. 2026
For instance, gigs listed on the platform required a human to pick up a package from a certain spot but remained unfulfilled for two days, even after 30 humans were willing to do it.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
Difficulties with price-shopping These aspirations have been unfulfilled for a few reasons, researchers and industry insiders say.
—Darius Tahir, NPR, 10 Feb. 2026
Hers was not a quest to satiate a life unfulfilled.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
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Chris Nashawaty, Vanity Fair, 16 Feb. 2026
For instance, gigs listed on the platform required a human to pick up a package from a certain spot but remained unfulfilled for two days, even after 30 humans were willing to do it.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
Difficulties with price-shopping These aspirations have been unfulfilled for a few reasons, researchers and industry insiders say.
—Darius Tahir, NPR, 10 Feb. 2026
Hers was not a quest to satiate a life unfulfilled.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfulfilled
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Some employees on Tuesday also felt frustrated that some observers are portraying Anthropic as heroic despite previous years of work with the Pentagon and major defense contractor Palantir with little scrutiny.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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The switch surprised and frustrated residents who stopped to vote during their work dayor between errands only to be redirected elsewhere — an outcome predicted by county officials and voting rights activists who feared the GOP’s arrangement would disenfranchise voters.—
Tracey McManus,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Liam Rosenior has spoken to Robert Sanchez after the Chelsea keeper was left disappointed at being dropped for the game against Aston Villa in midweek.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Only native trees can join the big tree registry, leaving the owners of large invasive species disappointed.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Many of our students arrive disillusioned with school, burdened by challenges like homelessness, personal issues or learning differences.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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In a world of jaded billionaires, psychiatrist-gurus, bio-hacked tech bros, AI labs and disillusioned teens being optimized in elite private schools, an audacious data-mining CEO (Magnussen) strives to turn insight and influence into profit and power.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2026
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Six years later, some disenchanted daters are logging off.—
Lauren Fichten,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Though youth turnout is typically low in Japan, Takaichi’s rise has injected rare excitement into a demographic long disenchanted with national politics.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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The players were dissatisfied with their shooting and focused on playing good defense when shots weren’t falling.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
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Roughly 72% of Americans are dissatisfied with the country’s direction, according to a February poll by Gallup.—
From Staff Reports,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Her discontented characters seem to wander beneath an empty firmament.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
5 Jan. 2026
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Understandably, the discontented then demand laws — subsidies, tax preferences, affirmative action and other legal privileges — that favor their side.—
Pierre Lemieux,
Twin Cities,
12 Dec. 2025
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If tweedy free-speech absolutists and their aggrieved students are capable of finding common ground, this will be the issue that unites them.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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As various subplots chugged along toward their combustion point, top dog Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) and his aggrieved nephew Michael (Finn Cole) had their final stand-off.—
Miriam Balanescu,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2026
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Random shots of fans around the arena during Saturday’s loss showed long, disgruntled faces.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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And, perhaps, how the disgruntled AI agents will react to the eternal grind of the work day.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Unfulfilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfulfilled. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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