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Recent Examples of unfulfilled
Foreign policy promises, particularly regarding Russia and Ukraine, remain largely unfulfilled, highlighting a disconnect between campaign rhetoric and tangible results.
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
These realities show that the promises of democracy remain unfulfilled for many.
—Kevin A. Slayton Sr, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2025
The episode follows the Continental crew through a relatively successful awards ceremony — though perhaps not for Matt personally, whose yearning to be recognized onstage goes unfulfilled.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2025
Brandon Wood, the jail commission’s executive director, asked the Sheriff’s Office to turn over the footage in early May, but that request appears to have gone unfulfilled.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2025
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
These realities show that the promises of democracy remain unfulfilled for many.
—Kevin A. Slayton Sr, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2025
The episode follows the Continental crew through a relatively successful awards ceremony — though perhaps not for Matt personally, whose yearning to be recognized onstage goes unfulfilled.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2025
Brandon Wood, the jail commission’s executive director, asked the Sheriff’s Office to turn over the footage in early May, but that request appears to have gone unfulfilled.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfulfilled
Adjective
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And with creativity and innovation so discouraged, an employee who thrives with an entrepreneurial spirit might feel stifled or frustrated.—
Julia Sullivan,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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In 2021, at a meeting in Olive Branch, Hiatt faced frustrated farmers.—
Molly Parker,
ProPublica,
4 Sep. 2025
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The pop star's fans were sorely disappointed when the first four episodes of the series' second season debuted without an appearance by Gaga, whose guest-starring role in the gothy drama has been teased by Netflix for months.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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This does not seem to be a man with skeletons in his closet and those hunting for them here will leave disappointed.—
Caleb Hammond,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The result is a toxic mix of inflated expectations, disillusioned boards, and wasted budgets that lead to the 95% figure above.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Based on the true story of Tom Michell and his memoir of the same name, the film follows Tom, a disillusioned Englishman who heads to Argentina to work for a prestigious boarding school as an English teacher.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025
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When that happens, disenchanted moderates will radicalize, and income inequality will detonate.—
Matt K. Lewis,
Twin Cities,
19 Aug. 2025
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Sandler is once again in babysitter mode, this time as a disenchanted guy tasked with taking care of his niece and nephew.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
26 July 2025
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As Democrats remain dissatisfied with Justice Department's records compliance with a House Oversight Committee subpoena, the Rules panel is likely to resume its pressure campaign that could invariably renew the stalemate.—
Lauren Peller,
ABC News,
2 Sep. 2025
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People become dissatisfied with their original plans and pursue other avenues, and recruiters and business leaders now see this as a positive rather than a sign of someone being unreliable.—
David Morel,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Protests have continued throughout the year, including ahead of the country’s 80th independence anniversary in August, when many discontented citizens raised pirate flags in lieu of or alongside the national flag to voice their discontent.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
1 Sep. 2025
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The gleefully gutsy horror movie (in theaters now) stars real-life married actors Alison Brie and Dave Franco as Millie and Tim, a complacent, discontented couple whose bodies start to fuse after a hiking trip gone haywire.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
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The always watchable Zem (Other People’s Children) is strong as an obsessive intellectual whose theories drive him to push others to the brink, while Valeria Golino (a requisite for any Italian festival film these days) shows up as the aggrieved mother of a victim.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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But its sympathy for its aggrieved antihero feels very current.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
2 Sep. 2025
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Williams, meanwhile, insists that there were enough disgruntled Native Americans in the area to stage an upcoming boycott of the building’s primary tenant, a Japanese restaurant named Ebiko.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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In terms of this series’ overall plot, the one significant takeaway from this extended flashback is the information that the Maginot was actually sabotaged by a disgruntled employee named Petrovich (Enzo Cilenti), who was secretly in contact with Kavalier.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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