non-fulfilment

Obligation left undone

Non-fulfilment is the failure to meet an obligation, complete a task, or satisfy a requirement.

The term appears most often in legal and contractual contexts: non-fulfilment of contractual duties, non-fulfilment of a promise.

British spelling; American English uses non-fulfillment.

breach

default

Preset standard option

breach · infringement · dereliction · neglect · omission · oversight · negligence · nonobservance · lapse · transgression

disappointment

letdown

Failure to satisfy expectations

disillusionment · discontent · regret · dejection · chagrin · anticlimax · disenchantment · thwarted · unrequited

shortfall

deficiency

Lack of something needed

deficit · lack · scarcity · undersupply · inadequacy · dearth · shortcoming · falling short · underperformance · missed target

incompleteness

unfinished

Not yet complete

undeveloped · unrealized · unaccomplished · unexecuted · unattained · unachieved · imperfect · half-done · pending · outstanding

Opposites
completion/achievement

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Achievement of desires

fulfillment · completion · delivery · accomplishment · achievement

satisfaction/gratification

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Achievement of desires

fulfillment · gratification · satisfaction · contentment · self-actualization

Family

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