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uncalled-for

How to use uncalled-for in a sentence

As long as I had seen her and found her beautiful, this announcement seemed uncalled for.

The result of this stock-taking shows that eleven volumes were unaccounted-for, a list of which is appended.

At this stock-taking the number unaccounted-for is twenty-two, several of which are quite recent accessions to the Library.

Something in the tone of the man seemed to his listener uncalled for—in a sense reproachful, singular.

Edna's desire to see Mademoiselle Reisz had increased tenfold since these unlooked-for obstacles had arisen to thwart it.

But no other instance of for-tened is known, nor yet of crece as short for increes (increase).

At length the long looked-for copy arrived, he saw it, composed himself and died, 1543.

It was nearly eleven o'clock when the free-for-all running race was announced.

THE BOX-CAR CHILDRENGERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER

The sepoys usually swarm out hell-for-leather and we rush to meet them.

The good man then devoted his unlooked-for fortune to philanthropies in concert with Judge Popinot.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985