unfulfilled
Dreams still pending
Unfulfilled describes something that hasn't been completed or satisfied.
An unfulfilled promise was never kept.
An unfulfilled order hasn't been delivered.
Applied to people, it suggests a lack of satisfaction or purpose—someone whose potential or desires remain unrealized: She felt unfulfilled in her corporate job.
His dreams of becoming a musician went unfulfilled.
Not yet complete
- undoneNot fastened or completed
- unaccomplishedNot yet done
- unexecutedNot carried out
- unrealizedNot made actual
unattained · unachieved · unconsummated · unperformed · partial · fragmentary · half-done · pending
Not yet utilized
- unrealizedNot made actual
- dormantInactive but capable
- latentPresent but inactive
- undevelopedNot fully formed
unharnessed · unexpressed · hidden · budding · nascent · incipient · promise · talent
Intense prolonged craving
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- achePersistent dull discomfort
desire · hunger · thirst · aspiration · dream · hope · wish · nostalgia
Holding nothing inside
- hollowEmpty within
- voidWithout legal effect
- meaninglessLacking significance or purpose
- purposelessLacking aim or intention
aimless · adrift · lost · searching · incomplete · lacking · wanting · barren
Unhappiness with circumstances
- unsatisfiedNot yet content
- displeasedMildly angry or annoyed
- frustratedAnnoyed by obstacles
- disappointedLet down by outcome
disillusioned · disenchanted · let-down · empty · hollow · restless · resentful · bitter
unfinished
Not yet complete
- undoneNot fastened or completed
- unaccomplishedNot yet done
- unexecutedNot carried out
unrealized · unattained · unachieved · unconsummated · unperformed · partial · fragmentary · half-done · pending · outstanding
untapped
Not yet utilized
- unrealizedNot made actual
- dormantInactive but capable
- latentPresent but inactive
undeveloped · unharnessed · unexpressed · hidden · budding · nascent · incipient · promise · talent · capability
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
ache · desire · hunger · thirst · aspiration · dream · hope · wish · nostalgia · pang
empty
Holding nothing inside
- hollowEmpty within
- voidWithout legal effect
- meaninglessLacking significance or purpose
purposeless · aimless · adrift · lost · searching · incomplete · lacking · wanting · barren · desolate
discontent
Unhappiness with circumstances
- unsatisfiedNot yet content
- displeasedMildly angry or annoyed
- frustratedAnnoyed by obstacles
disappointed · disillusioned · disenchanted · let-down · empty · hollow · restless · resentful · bitter · malcontent
- incompleteincomplete, unfinished, partial, fragmentary, half-done
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- unfulfilledunsatisfied, dissatisfied, unmet, incomplete, lacking
- prophecyprophecy, prophet, seer, prophets, prophetess
- achievementaccomplished, accomplishing, achieved, achievement, accomplishment
- fullnessfull, empty, half-full, filled, half-empty
- unfulfilled dreamsAmbitions left unrealized