unfulfilling

Example Sentences

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That unfulfilling prognosis helped hammer Meta shares in early trading, with the stock falling nearly 10%.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

And those who do stay often find the experience unfulfilling and frustrating, while their bosses are at a loss, wondering why the new workers just don’t get it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

And ultimately, he says, this pursuit is unfulfilling.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 5, 2025

The first-act klutziness is even klutzier, and he’s made the unfulfilling choice to shift our attention from the starlet to her egotistic male co-star, sacrificing her emotional arc for some low-hanging jokes about pretentious twits.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2023

If we deny it, we shall have to find substitutes which usually are subpersonal and which involve us in a kind of superficial but unfulfilling intimacy.

From Herein is Love A Study of the Biblical Doctrine of Love in Its Bearing on Personality, Parenthood, Teaching, and All Other Human Relationships. by Howe, Reuel L.