unwanted
Example Sentences
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Merchants expect four out of five people will return an unwanted gift within a month of receiving it this year, and 17% of holiday purchases will be sent back, according to the National Retail Federation.
This can trigger unwanted chemical reactions and oxygen release, raising safety risks including thermal runaway.
From Science Daily
“Here, patients didn’t need to increase their dose to relieve their pain, reducing the chances of unwanted side effects.”
A Lincolnshire pensioner is celebrating 50 years of caring for unwanted animals - big and small.
From BBC
A behavioral economist might say Doolittle is making sophisticated use of precommitment, the technique of acting in advance to make an unwanted choice impossible.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
