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unwished-for

[ uhn-wisht-fawr ]

adjective

  1. undesired; unwelcome:

    an unwished-for occurrence.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of unwished-for1

First recorded in 1610–20
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Example Sentences

Her agony in confronting her unwished-for destiny of eternal undeadness is brilliant.

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We have become, in a painful, unwished-for way, nature itself.

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Victoria Woodhull, the first female candidate for president, wrote: “Every woman knows that if she were free, she would never bear an unwished-for child, nor think of murdering one before its birth.”

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He has been taught drastically that any objection he might reasonably make would certainly be futile and very apt to produce unwished-for results.

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She went straight through the sitting-room, and, unannounced, undesired, unwished-for, entered the bedroom.

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