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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From un- + filled.
Adjective
unfilled (not comparable)
- Not filled, especially occupational positions.
1960 July 15, John F. Kennedy, Democratic National Convention Nomination Acceptance Address, American Rhetoric:[W]e stand today on the edge of a New Frontier -- the frontier of the 1960's, the frontier of unknown opportunities and perils, the frontier of unfilled hopes and unfilled threats.
Translations
not filled
- Danish: ubesat (position)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: ubesatt (position)
- Spanish: desierta f (legal; ofter after the noun licitación)
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Etymology 2
From unfill + -ed.
Verb
unfilled
- simple past and past participle of unfill
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