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Unwanted   /ənwˈɔntɪd/   Listen
Unwanted

adjective
1.
Not wanted; not needed.
2.
Not wanted.  Synonym: undesirable.  "Legislation excluding undesirable aliens" , "Removed the unwanted vegetation"






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"Unwanted" Quotes from Famous Books



... inevitable but unwanted death stalked in, to ruin everything. Mister Lannarck died. He was older than I had thought. He was always careful and honest. He was putting a new roof on the Auditorium when he fell. Maybe it was a stroke. They took him to the hospital. He ...
— David Lannarck, Midget - An Adventure Story • George S. Harney

... caves and had no science, no artifacts—nothing. You had the power to destroy us and we did not know what your reaction would be when you learned we were intelligent and telepathic. A telepathic race must have a high code of ethics and never intrude unwanted—but would you have ...
— Cry from a Far Planet • Tom Godwin

... himself alone. He wanted above all else to be alone. But there was someone with him. He wasn't sure how he knew. He could simply feel the unwanted presence. He strained to see in the wet darkness. He listened for muted sounds. There was nothing. Only ...
— The Great Gray Plague • Raymond F. Jones

... Pollyanna. "You don't mean that I've driven her away?" Through Pollyanna's mind at the moment trooped remorseful memories of the morning with its unwanted boy, cat, and dog, and its unwelcome "glad" and forbidden "father" that would spring to her forgetful little tongue. "Oh, I DIDN'T drive ...
— Pollyanna • Eleanor H. Porter

... have been the first of its kind in Europe; originally meant for the reception of illegitimate children—Leonardo da Vinci, for instance—it is to-day ready to receive any poor little soul who has come unwanted into the world; it cares for more than a ...
— Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa • Edward Hutton



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