unfulfill
unfulfill verb: to not fulfill; stop short of fulfillment or completion.
Verb
unfulfill (third-person singular simple present unfulfills, present participle unfulfilling, simple past and past participle unfulfilled)
- to not fulfill; stop short of fulfillment or completion
- He declares that when he was bachelor he had love relations with a woman whose name he cannot state and from which relations a child was borne by the name of Domingo, of forty three years of age, and who was baptized in the parish of Mandurriao, Iloilo, by the name of Domingo of unknown parents...1905, Cases and Points of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Between the fulfillment to "unfulfill" and the unfulfillment to fulfill (to borrow Benjamin's messianic terms), the remnant is indeed the prophetic name of a birthing and an interruption, of a beyond to every "goal" in Hegel's sense: […]2009, Bettina Bergo, Joseph Cohen, Raphael Zagury-Orly, Judeities
Antonyms of unfulfill
Forms of unfulfill
| third-person singular present | unfulfills |
|---|---|
| present participle | unfulfilling |
| past participle | unfulfilled |
| past | unfulfilled |
| alternative form | unfulfil |
Origin of unfulfill
From Middle English unfulfillen, equivalent to un- + fulfill.
Questions about unfulfill
- What does unfulfill mean?
- Unfulfill means to not fulfill; stop short of fulfillment or completion.
- What part of speech is unfulfill?
- Unfulfill is a verb.
- What is the past tense of unfulfill?
- The past tense of unfulfill is unfulfilled.
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