unwished

Examples

• All

• So will I grow, so live, so die, my lord, ere I will yield my virgin patent up unto his lordship, whose unwished yoke my soul consents not to give sovereignty.

  Return with Honor (1999)

• The cost of simplifying this truth is immense cruelty—cruelty to the bean when, truly developed, it becomes a frightened teenager who is to be compelled by law to carry her unwished-for pregnancy through with all the trauma that involves.

  Blog text (32)

• I had even borrowed the emotional theme in one of my unwished projects, which was slated for my next gallery showing in March.

  Fiction book (1996)

• "He has come to discover, though, how conditional that 'saving' can be, and how unwished it is by those who desire only to die, or think they do."

  Academic text (2001)

• The mysterious someone who had brought them knew her better than she knew herself: she would tolerate virtually any living thing that sprang up in her yard and would not be the one to neglect even these unwished-for plants to their deaths.

  Fiction book (1994)

• So will I grow... so live, so die, my lord, ere I will yield my virgin patent up unto his lordship whose unwished yoke my soul consents not to give sovereignty.

  A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

• After the breakup, he felt an unwished emptiness in his heart.

• She received an unwished invitation to the party, knowing she wouldn't enjoy it.

• The sudden rain was unwished, ruining our plans for a picnic.

Synonyms

U

unwanted

vsunwished

120 1.0

People do not like or need it

is more neutral, stating only lack of desire or welcome

U

unwelcome

vsunwished

45 4.3

Not wanted and causing upset or trouble

is simply about being not wanted, not necessarily causing displeasure

U

undesired

vsunwished

2 3.8

Not wanted or welcome

is the simpler neutral term for not wanted

U

unwished-for

vsunwished

6.9

Not wanted or welcome

has the same meaning but appears without the hyphen

U

uncoveted

vsunwished

7.6

Not wanted by anyone

is about being not wanted but not necessarily never sought by anyone

Antonyms

W

welcome

∞ 1.0

Pleasing and gladly accepted

D

desired

2.5

Something that people want very much

How Unwanted

detested

4.4

unwanted

120 1.0

undesired

2 3.8

unwelcome

45 4.3

unwished

8.3

Surface Forms

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Etymology