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unwanted

[uhn-won-tid, ‐-wawn‐] / ʌnˈwɒn tɪd, ‐ˈwɔn‐ /
ADJECTIVE
undesired
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Ancelotti will need every tool available to him though - Portuguese included - for the size of the challenge ahead this summer: preventing Brazil from setting an unwanted record.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Medication management, such as mifepristone plus misoprostol and a D&C are also used for terminating unwanted pregnancies.

From Salon • May 26, 2026

Once the unwanted pathways were blocked, the molecules were able to fold into the strained ring structure needed to form housanes.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

Taking misoprostol alone has also become a standard treatment for unwanted pregnancies in countries where mifepristone is harder to come by.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

There is also the distress, for all concerned, associated with the unwanted child, and there is the problem of bringing a child into a family already unable, psychologically and otherwise, to care for it.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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