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uncalled

[uhn-kawld]

adjective

  1. not dialed or called, as a phone number.

  2. not summoned or invited.

  3. not called out, declared, announced, or recorded.

  4. Finance.,  not fully paid for.

  5. Ecclesiastical.,  not having had a religious calling.



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"My kids have been bullied at school so that's where it's uncalled for," Reed told AFP after shooting a six-under-par 66 in the second round of the Asian Tour's International Series Philippines.

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Addressing staff via video link, the company's boss, Leslie Benzies, assured them there was a plan to get things back on track and said the negativity they'd seen was "uncalled for".

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Lawyers for journalists involved in the litigation countered that the incidents that led to the injunction were uncalled for.

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“The problem with the President’s approach is that it is uncoordinated, uncalled for, and unsound,” he shared.

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He has said the city government has "grave concerns" about any deployment of troops, labelling the president's approach as "uncoordinated, uncalled for, and unsound".

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