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

  1. ‘Curiously
  2. her mother never saw it either and died at a ripe old age with that particular ambition unfulfilled.’
  3. ‘The result is a portrait haunted by longing and unfulfilled desire.’
  4. ‘The men horrified me
  5. the way they seemed to be living unfulfilled ambitions through their sons.’
  6. ‘Her only ambition that remains unfulfilled is to go to university.’
  7. ‘But if he has any regrets
  8. he adds
  9. it relates to unfulfilled ambitions.’
  10. ‘There is no harder burden to carry than an unfulfilled potential.’
  11. ‘But there will be no unfulfilled desires
  12. and this blessedness will never end.’
  13. ‘And so I still had a secret
  14. unfulfilled desire to see how the other half live.’
  15. ‘Compound that with my unfulfilled desire to just be done with it and I was a jumble of nerves.’
  16. ‘Given his unfulfilled ambition to construct a biology of the mind
  17. Freud would have approved.’
  18. ‘To do so is to embrace an agonistic romanticism of perpetually unfulfilled longing and desire.’
  19. ‘So the devil can offer us nothing but empty promises and unfulfilled desires.’
  20. ‘Two of my many still unfulfilled ambitions are to snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef and to swim with dolphins.’
  21. ‘He has
  22. in all probability
  23. just one chance to achieve the single ambition that remains unfulfilled in his hard-working career.’
  24. ‘He does have one ambition yet unfulfilled
  25. and that is to go around the world
  26. including going across Canada by train.’
  27. ‘For many the New Year promises another opportunity to realise unfulfilled ambitions.’
  28. ‘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.’
  29. ‘Then I thought some more about the emotions brought about by an unfulfilled dream.’
  30. ‘Frustration often points to unfulfilled desire
  31. to some sort of lack or emptiness.’
  32. ‘Denise has always had an unfulfilled desire to return to her homeland which she left in 1976
  33. aged seven
  34. to emigrate to Blackburn with her family.’