unwished

[ uhn-wisht ]

adjective

1. unwished-for.

unwished

/ ʌnˈwɪʃt /

adjective

1. not desired; unwelcome

Word History and Origins

Origin of unwished¹

First recorded in 1575–85; un- ¹ + wish + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Then her sense of what was "fair" made her force her eyes toward her unwished-for companion.

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The imagination is rebelliously evil, often uncontrollable; and the thought rose up unbidden and unwished for.

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Hermia refused to submit to an "unwished yoke," and fled from Athens with Lysander.

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As woman is not considered in the Chinese worship of ancestors, her birth is as unwished for as that of the Indian woman.

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They fed him on biscuits and incomprehensible words; they gave him water to drink mixed with unwished-for rum.

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