unfulfillment

Example Sentences

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A life of pointless luxury might have its decadent charms, but it also carries a heavy risk of unfulfillment and lack of direction.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2023

In 2010, there was the thrill of Landon Donovan’s dramatic goal against Algeria that won the group, but then the unfulfillment of losing to beatable Ghana in extra time in the round of 16.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2022

But the poem is something more sober, and more unsettled: a five-movement composition in the key of unfulfillment, with, as its opening and closing theme, love that is not simply abandoned but “murdered,” “discarded.”

From The New Yorker • Aug. 2, 2016

Instead, nearly every big prospect ended with a feeling of unfulfillment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 21, 2016

Marjorie’s earnest wish that the lost letter might be returned to her the next morning met with unfulfillment.

From Marjorie Dean High School Senior by Chase, Josephine