adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Not befriended; lacking friends.

   "I found him, lonely and unbefriended, the very next night after our talk, at the Dugald Delane's dinner."

Example

More examples

"I found him, lonely and unbefriended, the very next night after our talk, at the Dugald Delane's dinner."

Etymology

From un- + befriended.

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