unwanted
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unwanted
- /ʌnˈwɒntɪd/
Sounds like unwonted
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
Proto-Germanic *wanatōną
Old Norse vantabor.
Middle English wanten
English want
Proto-Germanic *-ōd-
Old English -ode
Middle English -ede
English -ed
English wanted
English unwanted
From un- + wanted.
adjective more unwanted · most unwanted
- Not wanted; unwelcome. I rebuffed his unwanted advances.
noun unwanteds
- One who or that is not wanted; an undesirable. What slaves they had bought to carry the goods of the interior back to the coast were the unwanteds of the villages — the persons convicted of crime who would normally have been killed or banished from their communities […]
