Unwanted

//ʌnˈwɒntɪd// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

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 […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not wanted; unwelcome.

    "I rebuffed his unwanted advances."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not wanted wordnet
  2. 2
    not wanted; not needed wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
abdicablebastardlycastelessfriendlesshideousillegitimate

Example

More examples

"In India many girls are named "Nakusa" or "Nakushi", which in Hindi means "unwanted"."

Etymology

From un- + wanted.

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