unrealized

[US]/ʌn'rɪəlaɪzd/
[UK]/ʌnˈriəˌlaɪzd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. not yet achieved or fulfilled; not able to be realized.

Phrases & Collocations

unrealized potential

unrealized dreams

unrealized goals

Example Sentences

an unrealized plan for a full-length novel.

unrealized potential for growth

Real-world Examples

With more than 3,100 landfills, the task is monumental and so far unrealized.

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2022 Compilation

That fear went unrealized for a generation, in part because robots and computers weren't good at much.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

When she died in 1917, these dreams were unrealized.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

And the crime, and the gangs, and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential.

Source: Trump's weekly television address

America is, above all, an idea, however unrealized and imperfect, one that only exists because the first settlers came here freely without worry of citizenship.

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) August 2020 Collection

At the end of 2022, US banks were sitting on $620 billion in unrealized losses — assets that have decreased in price but haven't been sold yet, according to the FDIC.

Source: Selected English short passages

For some of us, confidence is a revolutionary choice, and it would be our greatest shame to see our best ideas go unrealized and our brightest dreams go unreached all because we lacked the engine of confidence.

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) May 2019 Collection

It will leave you with an unrealized, unfulfilled version of yourself, and believe me, graduates, that is something to fear because to truly know who you are you cannot hide who you are, not from yourself or from others.

Source: 2022 Celebrity High School Graduation Speech

And just as the awakened country, with its Bande Mataram, thrills in salutation to the unrealized future before it, so do all my veins and nerves send forth shocks of welcome to the unthought-of, the unknown, the importunate Stranger.

Source: Family and the World (Part 1)

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