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unwished-for
[ uhn-wisht-fawr ]
adjective
- undesired; unwelcome:
an unwished-for occurrence.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of unwished-for1
Example Sentences
Her agony in confronting her unwished-for destiny of eternal undeadness is brilliant.
We have become, in a painful, unwished-for way, nature itself.
Victoria Woodhull, the first female candidate for president, wrote: “Every woman knows that if she were free, she would never bear an unwished-for child, nor think of murdering one before its birth.â€
He has been taught drastically that any objection he might reasonably make would certainly be futile and very apt to produce unwished-for results.
She went straight through the sitting-room, and, unannounced, undesired, unwished-for, entered the bedroom.
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