unfulfilment

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ fulfilment.

Noun

unfulfilment (plural unfulfilments)

  1. Alternative form of unfulfillment
    • 1902, Thomas Hardy, “The Lacking Sense”, in Poems of the Past and the Present, New York: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 84:
      [] Brings those fearful unfulfilments, that red ravage through her zones / Whereat all creation groans.
    • 2015 June 30, Jess Cartner-Morley, “Clueless? As if! This is the best fashion film ever made”, in The Guardian:
      Strong eyeliner game, but as a romanticisation of eternal unfulfilment and dysfunctional relationships, not a great blueprint for life.