unwanted
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1.0
- adjective
- /ʌnˈwɑːntɪd/
:
indeseado
- Forcing them to move now might only call unwanted attention to our presence.
- unwanted attention
- an unwanted pregnancy
- unwanted side effects
It just keeps hanging there like an unwanted guest, right.
- It just keeps hanging there like an unwanted guest, right.
- A lot of things LED up to that moment actually feeling unwanted, unloved.
- One in five US teenagers who have received an unwanted sexual solicitation online.
- I used to be against abortion until an unwanted pregnancy happened to me.
- It's just frustrating being together with someone but feeling alone and unwanted sucks.
- So the bouncer simply defended his client, making sure that no unwanted touching would continue.
- Survivors of narcissistic abuse often carry the sort of strange, unwanted burden of being truth tellers.
- It can take hours and typically results in a barrage of unwanted spam calls.
- No, and to prevent unwanted pregnancy.
- We walk around feeling that we don't fit in or that we're unwanted or we're unneeded and we're not valued.
- So to what epilepsy is, is an unwanted synchronous electrical discharge in the brain.
- And sometimes it's got to do with the fact that a wanted pregnancy has become an unwanted pregnancy.
Examples
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You, of course, will be on lookout, to make sure we don't have unwanted attention.
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No, and to prevent unwanted pregnancy.
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So this division allows me to get rid of some unwanted terms.
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Hey, that is unwanted physical contact.
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Are we to allow the creation of an unwanted third race?
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The sale of gold to the government would cause an unwanted increase in the quantity of money.
Academic text (1992) -
It's just frustrating being together with someone but feeling alone and unwanted sucks.
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The power to blend in, to move freely and not draw unwanted attention to yourself.
Fiction book (1997) -
This light powder absorbs unwanted shine and once on should last all day.
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She discovered that her old clothes were unwanted and decided to donate them.
Synonyms
45
4.3
Not wanted and causing upset or trouble
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4.6
Not wanted because it is unpleasant, harmful, or causes problems
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3.8
Not wanted or welcome
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6.2
Given to someone who does not want it
Not wanted or welcome
Antonyms
How Wanted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unwanted is formed from un- meaning 'not' and want meaning 'to wish for' or 'need', much like in unhappy. So unwanted means 'not wanted', which is why we use it for things people do not desire or need.