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[ uhn-wisht-fawr ] / ʌnˈwɪʃtˌfɔr / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unwished-for ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveundesired; unwelcome: an unwished-for occurrence. Origin of unwished-forFirst recorded in 1610–20 Words nearby unwished-forunwired, unwisdom, unwise, unwish, unwished, unwished-for, unwit, unwitnessed, unwitting, unwittingly, unwitty Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unwished-forNo stray, unwished-for visitor ever got to the master to rob him of his rest when he was at home. The Mintage|Elbert Hubbard Then her sense of what was "fair" made her force her eyes toward her unwished-for companion. The Brass Bound Box|Evelyn Raymond Edgars unwished-for presence weighed upon the two like a nightmare. The Burning Secret|Stefan Zweig It would be the last before the arrival of the unwished-for visitors, and they wanted to make the most of it. Hunter's Marjory|Margaret Bruce Clarke
Words related to unwished-fordisagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, exceptionable, ill-favored, inadmissible, lousy, objectionable, obnoxious, rejected, repellent, shut out, thankless, unacceptable, unasked, undesirable, undesired, uninvited, unpleasant, unpopular |