unfulfilled

(ˌʌnfʊlˈfɪld)

adj

1. not completed or achieved: unfulfilled ambitions.

2. not having achieved one's potential or desires

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Adj.

unfulfilled - of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities; "unfulfilled and uneasy men"; "unrealized dreams and ambitions"

unrealised, unrealized

unsuccessful - not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome

Translations

unfulfilled

[ˈʌnfʊlˈfɪld] ADJ

1. (= unrealized) [ambition, hope] → frustrado; [desire] → no hecho realidad; [promise] → no cumplido; [need] → insatisfecho; [potential] → sin desarrollar

2. (= dissatisfied) [person] → insatisfecho
to feel unfulfilled → sentirse insatisfecho, no sentirse realizado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unfulfilled

[ˌʌnfʊlˈfɪld] adj

[desire, hope] → frustré(e); [ambition] → non réalisé(e); [prophecy] → non réalisé(e); [promise] → non tenu(e); [terms of contract] → non rempli(e)

[person] → frustré(e)
to feel unfulfilled → se sentir frustré(e), ne pas s'épanouir

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unfulfilled

adj → unerfüllt; person, life → unausgefüllt; their potential is unfulfilled → sie haben ihre Fähigkeiten nicht voll ausgenutzt; to have an unfulfilled desire → schon immer den Wunsch gehabt haben

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unfulfilled

[ˌʌnfʊlˈfɪld] adj

a. (ambition) → non realizzato/a; (prophecy) → che non si è avverato/a; (desire) → insoddisfatto/a; (promise) → non mantenuto/a; (terms of contract) → non rispettato/a

b. (person) → frustrato/a

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