1
: not satisfied or fulfilled
unmet needs
unmet expectations
an unmet deadline
2
: not having met
several unmet individuals
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Today, part-time and full-time undergraduate students who have applied for federal financial aid and have unmet financial needs can apply for work-study jobs.
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Amanda Craddock, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 2025
That would leave about 20,000 acre-feet of unmet demand for Colorado River water, roughly equal to the annual water use of 200,000 Phoenix residents.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 10 Nov. 2025
The criteria for the new program are much broader than other priority review vouchers, and include meeting a large unmet medical need, reducing downstream health care utilization, addressing a public health crisis, boosting domestic manufacturing, or increasing medication affordability.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2025
Her award-winning first book, Dreamers, showed how the unmet aspirations of the world’s largest cohort of young people reflect the failures of globalization.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
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Amanda Craddock, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 2025
That would leave about 20,000 acre-feet of unmet demand for Colorado River water, roughly equal to the annual water use of 200,000 Phoenix residents.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 10 Nov. 2025
The criteria for the new program are much broader than other priority review vouchers, and include meeting a large unmet medical need, reducing downstream health care utilization, addressing a public health crisis, boosting domestic manufacturing, or increasing medication affordability.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2025
Her award-winning first book, Dreamers, showed how the unmet aspirations of the world’s largest cohort of young people reflect the failures of globalization.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Unmet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmet. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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