ungratified

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You need not; there is nothing more difficult than to remain unselfish, which is just another word for "sweet and good," if one never knows what it is to have a wish ungratified.

From Christmas Tree Land by Molesworth, Mrs. (Mary Louisa)

Doubtless the secret fire of a consuming, but as yet ungratified, literary ambition also troubled his repose.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various

Absence ever increases ungratified love, and philosophy does not diminish it.

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by

No ambition is too high and, provided we will cultivate the ego, no ambition will remain ungratified.

From Seed Thoughts for Singers by Tubbs, Frank Herbert

So slight an inclination, ungratified, extended to vast dimensions, and possessed her entire.

From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence