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

As she dug into the existence of her family members and icons of the New Wave scene — not the MTV-ready icons most Americans know such as Blondie or Billy Idol, but a separate echelon of Vietnamese artists — she discovered a tapestry of broken dreams and unmet expectations beneath the surface.

From Los Angeles Times

But all sides agree that Israel’s stated wartime goal of destroying Hamas has gone unmet.

From Los Angeles Times

He also said the group was monitoring the situation in Israel, where there are "tens of thousands" of displaced people, and it would provide support "if significant unmet humanitarian needs are identified".

From BBC

She said, tragically, some children's unmet needs escalate to crisis point, citing the example of a 14-year-old autistic girl who ended up being admitted to hospital multiple times and required police involvement after health, social care and education had "failed to put in place the interventions she needed".

From BBC

"Our evidence tells us that it is being used as a punitive response to distressed behaviour due to unmet needs in school," she said.

From BBC