desirous
adjective
undesirous
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a word derived from
desirous.
Example Sentences
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You must also consider that feeling undesirous of your partner can be due to relationship factors, such as having underlying anger about a perceived power imbalance or sense of unfairness.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 13, 2019
All this flashed through her mind with lightning rapidity while Mr. Dehnicke continued to asseverate his friendship for Walter, and look at her with his round eyes in undesirous adoration.
From The Song of Songs by Hermann Sudermann
"And cherish me, and love me?" demanded O'olo with renewed motions of his knife, he undesirous of showing too great a willingness, and pretending indecision, besides doubting the chief's integrity.
From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Lloyd Osbourne
“The imp may be very ugly to view: and if you once set eyes upon him you might be very undesirous of the bottle.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
This was news, indeed, to bewilder nations who had hitherto remained content in infantile tutelage, unconscious, undesirous, of the rights of men!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 by Various
