Meaning & use
Unfulfillment
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A feeling of not having achieved satisfaction, purpose, or one's potential.
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Despite his successful career, a quiet sense of unfulfillment lingered.
She described years of unfulfillment before finally pursuing her passion for painting.
A note on using this word
Though less frequent than "fulfillment," this negated form appears often in psychology and self-help writing to describe unmet personal aspirations.
Words with a similar meaning
dissatisfactionemptiness
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