unreciprocated
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a word derived from
reciprocated.
reciprocatedadjectivegiven, done, or felt in return.
Example Sentences
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"It's about my personal experience with unreciprocated love," says singer Johannes Pietsch, who performs under the name JJ.
From BBC ● May 16, 2025
“He’s a dreamer and a lover. He’s obsessed with this unreciprocated love and that kills him,” said Garcia-Rulfo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024
Since the start of the summer, the administration has embarked on a largely unreciprocated push to talk with Beijing, establishing working groups and sending three cabinet-level officials and its top climate envoy to Beijing.
From Reuters ● Oct. 6, 2023
To be clear, this is no slam on a city I persist in loving beyond reason even when the affection seems unreciprocated.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2021
Beyond a moderate sum each year, the wealthy man merely invests his means: and that which he never uses is still like favors unreturned and kindnesses unreciprocated, an actual and real portion of his fortune.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike