unmet

American  

[uhn-met] / ʌnˈmɛt /

adjective

1. not responded to adequately; not satisfied or fulfilled, as a need, expectation, challenge, etc..

   Migrant health centers could address an important unmet need for health services among farmworkers and their families.

2. (of a minimum amount) not reached.

   If the production line is disrupted, the result will be everything from defective products to unmet quotas.

3. not personally or physically encountered.

   This is an essay on my longtime, unmet friend, the mystic Thomas Merton.

4. (of a traveler) not greeted or picked up on arrival.

   Outside the terminal, pushy taxi drivers were vying to get the few unmet passengers into decrepit taxis.

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Etymology

Origin of unmet

First recorded before 1100; un- ¹ ( def. ) + met ( def. )

Example Sentences

“Based on the significant unmet need in Alzheimer’s disease as well as a number of indicative data points, we felt we had a responsibility to explore semaglutide’s potential, despite a low likelihood of success,” said Chief Scientific Officer Martin Holst Lange.

From MarketWatch

Even before the universal child-care policy kicked in, a state legislative report this summer said demand for child care “likely remains unmet.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Given encouraging data from the Essence study, “substantial real-world evidence” and positive safety data, Sarepta said it plans to schedule a meeting with the FDA to discuss potentially converting the approval process to “traditional,” after it was granted an “accelerated” approval timeline that looks to expedite the process for serious, unmet medical needs.

From MarketWatch

"With this breakthrough, we are proud to enable a first-in-class test that can address an unmet need for a quick and reliable diagnostic for a complex, challenging-to-identify illness."

From Science Daily

“There is a large opportunity, a large unmet need globally.”

From The Wall Street Journal