Definitions

unwished-for

[uhn-wisht-fawr] / ʌnˈwɪʃtˌfɔr /

ADJECTIVE

unwelcome

Synonyms

WEAK

blackballed disagreeable displeasing distasteful exceptionable excess baggage excluded ill-favored inadmissible left out in cold lousy not in the picture objectionable obnoxious rejected repellent shut out thankless unacceptable unasked undesirable undesired uninvited unpleasant unpopular unsought unwanted

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Her agony in confronting her unwished-for destiny of eternal undeadness is brilliant.

From The Guardian • Jun. 7, 2018

Let's see: a cold land, frosty mytho-creatures, icy art direction, a woozily pompous atmosphere — could this be an unwished-for sequel to The Last Airbender?

From Time • May 4, 2011

We have become, in a painful, unwished-for way, nature itself.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

This was tormenting for the moment, as he went on perplexing himself by trying to think who it was that he had seen in this unexpected and unwished-for way.

From The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. by Various

The unwished-for child of a man that had blighted my life, a comfort?

From The Pobratim A Slav Novel by Jones, P.

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