ungratified

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I learned that Beethoven was most difficult of access, and would admit no pupil but Ries; and for a long time my anxiety to see him remained ungratified.

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret

You need not; there is nothing more difficult than to remain unselfish, which is just another word for "sweet and good," if one never knows what it is to have a wish ungratified.

From Christmas Tree Land by Molesworth, Mrs. (Mary Louisa)

All summer her life in every sense; from her cradle not a wish denied, or taste ungratified, but everything lavished upon her which money could purchase or parental fondness bestow.

From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne

A fortune which would enable him to satisfy all desires and tastes hitherto ungratified?

From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Boldrewood, Rolf

Years fled on—years of burning disappointment and ungratified passion.

From The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) by Moodie, Susanna