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🚫 Not appropriate 🙋 Not chosen 📞 No contact received
uncalled

uncalled

7.9
Not contacted by someone you were expecting to hear from
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈkɔld/
translation icon : sin recibir llamadas
  • The applicants who were uncalled assumed they had not been selected for the next round.

Examples

  • After the interview, he remained uncalled for several days and started to worry.

  • After submitting his application, he remained uncalled for weeks and began to lose hope.

  • By midnight she was still uncalled, despite leaving multiple messages for him.

  • I felt uncalled when I didn't hear from her.

  • I felt uncalled after waiting for his call.

  • Despite her expectations, she was uncalled for the important meeting, leaving her puzzled.

  • She felt uncalled after waiting anxiously for her friend's invitation to the event.

Idioms

uncalled for
21 5.1

Not appropriate or needed for the situation

Surface Forms

uncalled positive

Morphology

uncalled = call (transparent) = un + call

The prefix 'un-' clearly negates the action of 'call', indicating the absence of a call.

Etymology

Uncalled is simply un- 'not' plus called, where call means 'to phone' or 'to shout', so it literally means 'not called'. So someone who is uncalled has not received the phone call or direct contact they expected.