unfilled

adjective

un·​filled ˌən-ˈfild How to pronounce unfilled (audio)
: not filled
an unfilled bottle
unfilled spaces
a vacancy left unfilled
an unfilled order

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In other cases faculty or staff left on their own and the campuses chose to leave those vacancies unfilled. Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025 Issues have surfaced in Los Angeles, raising additional concerns for metropolitan areas about the resiliency of water distribution infrastructure, hydrant pressure, local fire department resources, unfilled reservoirs and better regional and state coordination. Alan Salazar, The Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2025 Yet nearly one in three engineering jobs will go unfilled each year through 2030, according to a report from the Boston Consulting Group and SAE International. IEEE Spectrum, 11 Jan. 2025 But long waitlists, leads that went nowhere and promises of help that went unfilled continually frustrated her efforts. Jessica Goodheart, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unfilled

Word History

First Known Use

1584, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unfilled was in 1584

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“Unfilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfilled. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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