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Recent Examples of unfulfilled
That reputation had taken hold by 2020, when Colvin publicly pledged a $200 million donation to a local Goodwill chapter in Arizona, one in a long list of unfulfilled big-ticket promises.
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2025
His wages were previously garnished in 2010 in the aftermath of an allegedly unfulfilled deal with a lumber company, according to court records.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
There’s also the risk that the promise of a tearful catharsis will go unfulfilled.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
The heart of the story involves a romantic epiphany that’s also an unspoken recognition of homosexual desire; Michèle’s matchmaking scheme is a vicarious replacement for something that’s doomed to go unfulfilled.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2025
His wages were previously garnished in 2010 in the aftermath of an allegedly unfulfilled deal with a lumber company, according to court records.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
There’s also the risk that the promise of a tearful catharsis will go unfulfilled.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
The heart of the story involves a romantic epiphany that’s also an unspoken recognition of homosexual desire; Michèle’s matchmaking scheme is a vicarious replacement for something that’s doomed to go unfulfilled.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfulfilled
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Some players have become the target of frustrated supporters, especially after the defeat at Preston North End in August, with defender Wout Faes one of them.—
Rob Tanner,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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This story shows that even when judges grow frustrated with prosecutors’ misconduct, their tools are limited.—
Micah Kimball,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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A certain percentage of Yankees fans will continue to be frustrated with Cashman and Boone, not wanting to hear about the difficulty of winning the World Series and how every season 29 of 30 teams end up disappointed.—
Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Elsewhere, a data print on German factory orders majorly disappointed markets.—
Hugh Leask,Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
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Her win, a surprising triumph in Japan’s deeply patriarchal political system, signals to disillusioned LDP voters that traditional conservatism is alive and well.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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As in prior moral panics, the technology proved to be an easy and tangible scapegoat, which enabled Americans to avoid grappling with the complex social factors—like deindustrialization, urban decay, and disillusioned suburban children—that led to a combustible situation ripe for tragedy.—
Time,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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The sudden crisis of faith in the American innovation ecosystem has also sparked a fresh debate: Can the European Union seize the moment to attract disenchanted researchers and strengthen its own innovation ecosystem?—
François Candelon,
Fortune,
15 Sep. 2025
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Cavill’s exit didn’t sit well with many already disenchanted fans.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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But her next great achievement was her turn as Mary, the dissatisfied writer trapped in an unhappy affair with a married man in Allen’s Manhattan.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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The film stars Tessa Thompson as Hedda Gabler, a newlywed who is precariously dissatisfied with life.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Theresa is easy not to notice in everyday life, and Keaton tapped into that ordinariness, along with the wanderlust that gripped so many discontented antiheroes of the 1970s.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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This mix of hypocrisy and corruption, combined with the failure to stop growing Jewish immigration in the 1930s, weakened Husseini’s popularity with the discontented masses.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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He’s slated to shake hands at a meeting of The 46, a group of powerful, aggrieved men named for the order in which Oklahoma gained statehood.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
15 Oct. 2025
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Yudkowsky and Soares are certainly experts in their field, but this book often reads like a disgruntled missive from two aggrieved patriarchs tired of being ignored.—
Book Marks
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Tennessee traded Brown due to disagreements over a contract extension and a desire to avoid keeping a disgruntled player.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Some cases even involve disgruntled family members acting out of greed.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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