unmet

[uhn-met]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unmet¹

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

Example Sentences

For the European Union, Georgieva called for the appointment of a “single market czar” with powers to drive the removal of the remaining barriers to trade and movement of workers within the bloc, a goal that has been acknowledged but unmet for decades.

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“This can’t happen without community, and at a time when we have so much unmet need in the city, and a time we have a hostile federal government, we can’t afford to have a mayor that doesn’t want to put in the work or connect with council members … We don’t have the luxury of waiting another four years for progress.”

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Nvidia bulls see the $100-billion investment in OpenAI as another sign of the massive unmet demand for AI as companies and countries race to deploy computing infrastructure.

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The deal is divided into 12 equal “tranches” of restricted shares, and he can start collecting as soon as he reaches a minimum adjusted income, starting with $50 billion, and pairs that with an unmet operational goal such as car sales and FSD subscriptions.

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Its inquiry heard from residents, councils and charities about "repeated hardship and unmet needs" after homes and businesses were damaged.

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