What's the difference between disappointment and unfulfillment?
Disappointment
Definition:
(n.) The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration.
(n.) That which disappoints.
Example Sentences:
(1) A spokesman for the Greens said that the party was “disappointed” with the decision and would be making representations to both the BBC and BBC Trust .
(2) Even today, our experience of the zoo is so often interrupted by disappointment and confusion.
(3) No one expected us to win either of these byelections, but we can’t ignore how disappointing these results are,” he said, referring also to last week’s Richmond Park byelection.
(4) "We were very disappointed when the DH decided to suspend printing Reduce the Risk, a vital resource in the prevention of cot death in the UK", said Francine Bates, chief executive of the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, which helped produce the booklet.
(5) Results of medical therapy of reflux oesophagitis are disappointing, especially compared to the success obtained in peptic ulcer disease.
(6) Drugs used to promote food intake and weight gain, such as cyproheptadine, amitriptyline, clonidine and opiate antagonists, have provided disappointing results.
(7) I am pleased with that but disappointed with the result.
(8) How often do we use the term depressed to mean disappointed, mildly bummed out or sort of blue?
(9) I did not speak to Diego at the final whistle, losing so late in the game was too big a disappointment, especially when Romelu Lukaku was surrounded by three or four defenders and still scored.” That was something Martínez could agree with.
(10) For a long time the results were disappointing, and in a randomized study none of the therapeutic regimens prescribed could improve the patients' survival.
(11) Audiences were disappointed that the love scenes between Taylor and Burton that had been the talk of modern Rome were not repeated with so much passion in those of ancient Rome.
(12) Despite a glorious career, her Olympic history had been one of crushing disappointment.
(13) We are disappointed by the statement from Ecuador’s Foreign Minister that Ecuador has offered political asylum to Julian Assange.
(14) Here's Rob Booth talking to me from there: Updated at 6.31pm BST 6.14pm BST Disappointment at the Ecuadorian embassy Outside the Ecuador embassy in Knightsbridge a handful of Assange supporters greeted the decision with disappointment.
(15) While occult breast carcinoma was relatively common in our series (two of 17 patients), the ability to detect the tumor with mammography was disappointing (one of two patients).
(16) Diego Garcia guards its secrets even as the truth on CIA torture emerges Read more The long-awaited decision – expected to cause enormous disappointment – follows more than 40 years of campaigning, court cases and calls for the UK to right a wrong committed by Harold Wilson’s Labour government.
(17) They are also deeply disappointed in the lack of pressure exerted on Israel by the US.
(18) To improve the slightly disappointing voice rehabilitation results of the myotomized laryngectomees, a modified myotomy is proposed.
(19) An Artist of the Floating World won the Whitbread Book of the Year award and was nominated for the Booker prize for fiction; The Remains of the Day won the Booker; and When We Were Orphans, perceived by many reviewers as a disappointment, was nominated for both the Booker and the Whitbread.
(20) Jay is naturally disappointed, but is determined to get back playing for Southampton as soon as possible."
Unfulfillment
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Though large numbers of young people can be an economic advantage, a combination of unfulfilled aspirations, scarce land and water, overcrowding in growing cities as well as inadequate infrastructure could lead to social tensions and political instability.
(2) However, though he filled many a theatre, he will ultimately go down as a great unfulfilled talent.
(3) The hopes which detente aroused remain, on the whole, unfulfilled while Macmillan's part in returning Russian prisoners of war to Stalin in 1945 will need explanation to his biographer.
(4) Part of my panic was caused by the fear of being over halfway through, and part of it was realising that all the plans I had would remain unfulfilled.
(5) The right not to be imprisoned without a fair trial has become the centrepiece of respect for the rule of law all around the world, and yet, when Ms Lynch stated at Runnymede that the fundamental principles of the Magna Carta have “given hopes to those who face oppression” and have “given a voice to those yearning for the redress of wrongs,” it was impossible not to think of Shaker Aamer, and others in Guantánamo, also “yearning for the redress of wrongs,” but finding that yearning repeatedly unfulfilled.
(6) If laparoscopic cholecystectomy is associated with a much higher incidence of injuries to the bile duct than is traditional open cholecystectomy, its promise of decreasing pain, disability, and costs to patients undergoing cholecystectomy will be unfulfilled.
(7) The recently proposed decriminalisation of marijuana , widely called ganja by Jamaicans, has been long anticipated and much unfulfilled – like a World Cup goal by Wayne Rooney.
(8) "Disturbingly, his outdated comments showed a lack of acceptance that disabled people have sex lives, which can be just as fulfilling – or unfulfilling – as anyone else's.
(9) An unfulfilled aspect of the Swampscott legacy is the relative paucity of demonstration programs that become enduring parts of their host settings.
(10) There's Diane, the co-founding partner at Alicia's law firm, who is neither bitch nor secretly unfulfilled nor shrew; Alicia herself, an almost uniquely stoic female character; Kalinda, who – well, she just kicks ass in every way, don't get me started; Peter's mother, who sits like a sweetly smiling spider in the middle of the domestic web; and even the Florricks' 14-year-old daughter is not a screaming teenage cipher but a thoughtful and considered player in this increasingly brilliant ensemble piece.
(11) Tuck's public profile is lower than that of many male heads in the fee-charging sector, but she made a few controversial speeches in her year as Girls' School Association (GSA) president, saying, for example, that she found the economic downturn "bracing" and hoped it would "spell the end of ... conspicuous and ultimately unfulfilling materialism".
(12) I know that late at night or at quiet moments in the day feelings of regret, memories that make you shine with pride, a sense of being unfulfilled can overwhelm you.
(13) But Pew's research also underscores the unfulfilled nature of Latino political power.
(14) There were 1,178,129 positions available in September, up 2.4% from August and 30.0% year-on-year – but many vacancies were left unfulfilled due to lack of skilled labour, Adzuna added.
(15) After five years in unfulfilling employment, during which time he was also to be found at many a 1960s political demonstration and rock concert, he returned to full-time education at East London College, Leytonstone, where he took four A-levels.
(16) The story of Berlusconi's involvement with the public life of his country was one of repeatedly unfulfilled promises.
(17) Cheikhrouhou said leaving 43% of pledges unfulfilled would damage developing countries’ trust that the rich world is serious about helping them adjust to the changing climate.
(18) It is suggested that the groups most at risk are female workers performing unfulfilling, unskilled tasks, and that interventions to benefit these workers will have to give attention to more fundamental issues than those hitherto addressed.
(19) We are left with those, shall we say unfulfilled, ads.
(20) With huge disappointment over his presidency so far among Latino voters, who could hold the key to the election, Obama will again repeat his promise, so far unfulfilled, to introduce immigration reform.