Dictionary entry
Unfulfilled
Pronunciation: /ʌnfʊlˈfɪld/
Pronunciation
/ʌnfʊlˈfɪld/
Myanmar Meaning
မဖြည့်ဆည်းသော။
Definition
unfulfilled /ʌnfƱl'fÇld / adj (ဆႏၵ) မျပည့္ဝေသာ။ She feels unfulfilled in her present job. ❍ an unfulfilled ambition.
Examples
- ‘Curiously
- her mother never saw it either and died at a ripe old age with that particular ambition unfulfilled.’
- ‘The result is a portrait haunted by longing and unfulfilled desire.’
- ‘The men horrified me
- the way they seemed to be living unfulfilled ambitions through their sons.’
- ‘Her only ambition that remains unfulfilled is to go to university.’
- ‘But if he has any regrets
- he adds
- it relates to unfulfilled ambitions.’
- ‘There is no harder burden to carry than an unfulfilled potential.’
- ‘But there will be no unfulfilled desires
- and this blessedness will never end.’
- ‘And so I still had a secret
- unfulfilled desire to see how the other half live.’
- ‘Compound that with my unfulfilled desire to just be done with it and I was a jumble of nerves.’
- ‘Given his unfulfilled ambition to construct a biology of the mind
- Freud would have approved.’
- ‘To do so is to embrace an agonistic romanticism of perpetually unfulfilled longing and desire.’
- ‘So the devil can offer us nothing but empty promises and unfulfilled desires.’
- ‘Two of my many still unfulfilled ambitions are to snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef and to swim with dolphins.’
- ‘He has
- in all probability
- just one chance to achieve the single ambition that remains unfulfilled in his hard-working career.’
- ‘He does have one ambition yet unfulfilled
- and that is to go around the world
- including going across Canada by train.’
- ‘For many the New Year promises another opportunity to realise unfulfilled ambitions.’
- ‘One of his unfulfilled ambitions is to write a scientific book on a particular forest and its inhabitants as well as write a book on wildlife photography.’
- ‘Then I thought some more about the emotions brought about by an unfulfilled dream.’
- ‘Frustration often points to unfulfilled desire
- to some sort of lack or emptiness.’
- ‘Denise has always had an unfulfilled desire to return to her homeland which she left in 1976
- aged seven
- to emigrate to Blackburn with her family.’