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Unfinished vs Unfulfilled - What's the difference?

unfinished | unfulfilled |

As adjectives the difference between unfinished and unfulfilled

is that unfinished is not finished, not completed while unfulfilled is lacking fulfillment; marked by a feeling of failure to achieve goals or desires.

unfinished

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not finished, not completed.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 9 , author=John Percy , title=Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report , work=the Telegraph citation , page= , passage=Holloway has unfinished business in the Premier League after relegation last year and he will make a swift return if he can overcome West Ham a week on Saturday. Sam Allardyce, the West Ham manager, will be acutely aware that when the stakes are high, Blackpool are simply formidable.}}

    Synonyms

    * incomplete

    Antonyms

    * finished

    unfulfilled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking fulfillment; marked by a feeling of failure to achieve goals or desires.
  • Not yet provided as promised, particularly with respect to a contract or an order for a supply of something.