unmet

[ uhn-met ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

not responded to adequately; not satisfied or fulfilled, as a need, expectation, challenge, etc.:
Migrant health centers could address an important unmet need for health services among farmworkers and their families.
(of a minimum amount) not reached:
If the production line is disrupted, the result will be everything from defective products to unmet quotas.
not personally or physically encountered:
This is an essay on my longtime, unmet friend, the mystic Thomas Merton.
(of a traveler) not greeted or picked up on arrival:
Outside the terminal, pushy taxi drivers were vying to get the few unmet passengers into decrepit taxis.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of unmet¹

First recorded before 1100; un- ¹( def ) + met ( def )

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You don’t have to be a Jungian to believe that men’s unmet hunger for love from other men is going to come out somewhere.

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It calculates there is a total shortfall of up to 325,000 supported homes, based on unmet need.

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Rickey’s energy is harmless yet seems mysteriously pained by unmet expectations, as when he gently admonishes Glenn: “Loosen up, you haven’t said anything funny.”

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Today, renovated to the highest standards, those hotels leave no guest's wish unmet.

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Dr McCullough said he accepted that all services were under pressure, and "what we're trying to do is meet an unmet need with a limited resource and we need to make best use of what is available for these patients".

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