unfilledadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈfɪld/, U.S. /ˌənˈfɪld/ 1.
a. Not filled; not made full.
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the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > made full > not
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1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccxiv. 201 That it were better to eate fine meates first, and grosser meates afterward, if perchaunce any corner were left vnfilled.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 6 A false conclusion: I hate it as an vnfill'd Canne. View more context for this quotation
1646 R. Crashaw Sospetto d'Herode xlii, in Steps to Temple 65 A cursed Feast, Which Harpyes, with leane Famine feed upon, Vnfill'd for ever.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Unstuffed Unfilled, unfurnished.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. i. 340 Our mouths, unfilled with bread, are to be shut, under penalties?
1893 Spectator 15 Apr. 471/1 The Colonies..possess great properties in their unfilled lands.
b. With up.
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a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) II. 380 Hee..being within less then his length of an old Colepit unfilled up.
1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited v. 105 That their capacities..did not seem to be improved,—that much of them remained unfilled up.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [adjective] > not done, performed, or carried out > unfulfilled
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c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 34 So is no man worþi to mak a letter or title of his to go by vnfillid.
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 296 Those to whom that Promise is yet unfilled.
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