unrequited

[ uhn-ri-kwahy-tid ]

/ ˌʌn rɪˈkwaɪ tɪd /

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adjective

not returned or reciprocated: unrequited love.

not avenged or retaliated: an unrequited wrong.

not repaid or satisfied.

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Origin of unrequited

First recorded in 1535–45; un-¹ + requite + -ed²

Words nearby unrequited

unrepeatable, unrepentant, unreported, unrepresentative, unrepresented, unrequited, unreserve, unreserved, unresisting, unresolved, unresponsive

How to use unrequited in a sentence

Her latest is a dizzyingly fascinating story of a family-owned dance studio and the weight of unrequited ambition.
Eight thrillers and mysteries to read this summer|S.A. Cosby|May 27, 2021|Washington Post
When this album came out, my experience with love was relegated to unrequited crushes.
The Significance of Taylor Swift's Fearless in 2008—and How Taylor's Version Stacks Up|TIME Staff|April 9, 2021|Time
Adele’s “Someone Like You” is a breakup salve, a song about unrequited love and a critically acclaimed chart topper.
With an Adele song as its battle cry, a lowly English soccer club looks to rewrite history|Glynn A. Hill|January 21, 2021|Washington Post
At best, countries have implemented unrequited quarantine exemptions.
Will the world’s first ‘travel bubble’ actually work?|eamonbarrett|October 17, 2020|Fortune

The convent, obviously, but also the court—and even her unrequited longing for the elusive lady of her sonnets.
Sor Juana: Mexico’s Most Erotic Poet and Its Most Dangerous Nun|Katie Baker|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To see two girls kissing on screen, singing about unrequited love between two women?
t.A.T.u’s ‘All the Things She Said’ Turns 10|Tricia Romano|August 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Julius nurses an intense and ambiguously unrequited crush on Titus.
‘Telegraph Avenue’: Michael Chabon on His Obsessive Novel of Fandom|Josh Dzieza|September 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It was unrequited love … They dated for a while, but she was not for him.
L.A. Policewoman on Trial for Murdering Her Ex’s Wife|Christine Pelisek|March 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
“It was not just an obsession, a one-sided romance of unrequited love,” said Overland.
L.A. Policewoman on Trial for Murdering Her Ex’s Wife|Christine Pelisek|March 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In some natures the giving even of unrequited love is beautifying to the character.
A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3)|Frances Eleanor Trollope
They lived (p. 349) on unrequited labor, and grew rich through the breeding of human flesh for the market.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.
That's only the newspaper correspondents, who ascribe every death of that sort to unrequited love!
Dream Tales and Prose Poems|Ivan Turgenev
She recounted in prayer all her long years of slavery, of suffering, of unrequited toil, and achings of the heart.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.
Hirschel, bearing in his heart his unrequited love, leaves his master and establishes a shop of his own.
The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century|Leo Wiener

British Dictionary definitions for unrequited

unrequited

/ (ˌʌnrɪˈkwaɪtɪd) /

adjective

(of love, affection, etc) not reciprocated or returned

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