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unfilled

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++un·filled /ˌʌnˈfɪld◂/ adjective  1 an unfilled job, position etc is available but no one has been found for it yet 〔工作、职位等〕空缺的 unfilled vacancies 空缺的职位2. an unfilled order a request by a customer for a product that has not been sent 未交货的订单
Examples from the Corpus
unfilledIt's hard to understand the unemployment figures when so many jobs go unfilled.He said there would be no enforced redundancies, but some vacant posts would remain unfilled.In some areas, especially big cities, there may be anything up to 50 percent of posts left unfilled.At one stage half the permanent health service posts were unfilled and agency staff worked in the flat on a daily basis.Then, discerning an unfilled need, he started a cigar-box company in the heart of the Southern Ontario tobacco fields.Demand has been so feverish that the company has a backlog of unfilled orders for commercial satellites.About 13,000 of the unfilled positions are for software engineers.This required all staff to work overtime or for the Command Center to bring in workers to cover unfilled shifts.That compares with 13,221 unemployed claimants and 241 unfilled vacancies in January 1987.
un·filled adjectiveChineseSyllable
is but Corpus position etc unfilled job, an available


unfilled
unfilled /ˌʌnˈfɪld◂/ adjective
1. an unfilled job, position etc is available but no one has been found for it yet:
    unfilled vacancies
2. an unfilled order a request by a customer for a product that has not been sent


un·filledBrE /ʌnˈfɪld/ 🔊NAmE /ʌnˈfɪld/ 🔊 adjectiveif a job or position is unfilled, nobody has been chosen for it (职位)空缺的if a pause in a conversation is unfilled, nobody speaks (谈话中)停顿的an unfilled cake has nothing inside it (糕饼)无馅的(especially NAmE) if an order for goods is unfilled, the goods have not been supplied (订单)未交货的