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undeˈsired, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not asked or requested; uninvited.
1470–1Rolls of Parlt. VI. 223/1 Uncompelled, unstirred or undesired soo to doo. 1509Fisher Funeral Serm. C'tess Richmond Wks. (1876) 302 He prayed vndesyred of ony. 1598Florio, Ingerire,..to offer himselfe vndesired. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 123 Mahomet-Ally-beg vndesired, bolted out, that he knew his Master..stood more affected to no one Prince..then to our King.
2. Not desired or wished for; unsought.
1599T. M[oufet] Silkwormes 38 Striuing no lesse to be deliuered Than Thisbe did from vndesired life. 1617Moryson Itin. iii. 45 As the Poet saith, Ignoti nulla Cupido: Unknowne, undesired. 1697Dryden æneis ii. 902 Your gift was undesired, and came too late. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 175 ⁋2 The knowledge of crimes intrudes uncalled and undesired. 1850Mrs. Carlyle Lett. (1883) II. 112 Walked in Mrs. N―, of all undesired people! 1877Mrs. Oliphant Makers Flor. v. 133 Filippo set his active mind to work to get rid of his undesired partner.
Hence undeˈsiredly adv.
1845T. W. Coit Puritanism 276 Those who are undesiredly tender of Puritan reputation. |