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Unwanted

//ʌnˈwɒntɪd// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not wanted; unwelcome.

    "I rebuffed his unwanted advances."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not wanted wordnet
  2. 2
    not wanted; not needed wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    One who or that is not wanted; an undesirable.

    "What slaves they had bought to carry the goods of the interior back to the coast were the unwanteds of the villages — the persons convicted of crime who would normally have been killed or banished from their communities […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From un- + wanted.

Etymology 2

From un- + wanted.

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