unaccomplished

[ uhn-uh-kom-plisht ]

adjective

1. not accomplished; accomplished; incomplete or not carried out:

   Many tasks remain unaccomplished.

2. without accomplishments; inexpert:

   an unaccomplished musician.

unaccomplished

/ ˌʌnəˈkɒmplɪʃt /

adjective

1. not accomplished or finished
2. lacking accomplishments

Word History and Origins

Origin of unaccomplished¹

First recorded in 1515–25; un- ¹ + accomplished

Example Sentences

As anti-American riots burn from Benghazi to Islamabad, that hope looks distinctly “Mission Unaccomplished.”

From The Daily Beast

And if it should be granted to them in this generation to complete the work that Tone's generation left unaccomplished!

From Project Gutenberg

It is doleful travel that takes one home from an unaccomplished errand—only Forbes was not returning even to his home.

From Project Gutenberg

What he did inflict was the unaccomplished proxy of himself.

From Project Gutenberg

The cheerful girl was plain, unaccomplished, and not at all young.

From Project Gutenberg

We found the path far more difficult than we had expected, and at length, our object unaccomplished, we turned our steps homeward.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• deficient
• fragmentary
• inadequate
• insufficient
• lacking
• partial
• sketchy