Woodrow Wilson longed for a world in which "the average man, the plain man, the common man, the ignorant man, the unaccomplished man, the poor man had a voice equal to the voice of anybody else in the settlement of the common affairs".
In 2013, for example, the Houston Astros employed an analysis based on the TrackMan system to acquire an unaccomplished pitcher called Collin McHugh, because of his fast-spinning curveball.
It states, "The Way does nothing, and yet nothing remains unaccomplished" (wuwei er wu buwei).
In 1940 he had three knockout victories over unaccomplished opponents before retiring to referee boxing and wrestling matches.
A hundred years ago, with civil rights unaccomplished and genetics not yet in place to explain the mechanisms of inheritance, Lincoln was perceived by many as a pious but in some ways impotent figure, and Darwinism was a speculative road, largely not taken.
The usual blather about "where are the W.M.D.s?" and "mission unaccomplished".
"This year's field is so horribly unaccomplished compared to the last few years".
I always want to believe that there's a chance — even a likelihood — that the most un-beautiful, unlikely, unaccomplished person (or place) could make good when we least expect it.
The kitchen is no longer quiet, as pans are slammed and voices raised, tickets are lined up like soldiers in formation awaiting orders; missions unaccomplished, promises unkept.
He toyed with the Padres, a largely unaccomplished band of hitters, for a little over two hours, and when his leisurely afternoon came to an end, he was left with these results: a 9-0 win, his first shutout victory since Aug. 12, 2010, and the clearest signal yet that his surgically repaired left shoulder had been revitalized.
Although he rallied Brooklynites of a certain age around their heroes of years past, Mr. Adler left one goal unaccomplished: he was never able to help propel Hodges to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
