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unwished-for
[ uhn-wisht-fawr ]
adjective
- undesired; unwelcome:
an unwished-for occurrence.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unwished-for1
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Example Sentences
Then her sense of what was "fair" made her force her eyes toward her unwished-for companion.
They fed him on biscuits and incomprehensible words; they gave him water to drink mixed with unwished-for rum.
I now asked the old woman in unwished-for Serbian for onions.
To feel her so close to him, although only through unwished-for accident, is dangerously sweet.
Here it took the boys' whole attention to prevent Barbe's chatter drawing unwished-for notice upon them.
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