unwanted

(ʌnˈwɒntɪd)

adj

not wanted or desired: an unwanted pregnancy.

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Adj.	1.	unwanted - not wanted; not needed; "tried to give away unwanted kittens" undesirable, unwanted - not wanted; "undesirable impurities in steel"; "legislation excluding undesirable aliens";"removed the unwanted vegetation" unloved - not loved unwelcome - not welcome; not giving pleasure or received with pleasure; "unwelcome publicity"; "unwelcome interruptions"; "unwelcome visitors" wanted - desired or wished for or sought; "couldn't keep her eyes off the wanted toy"; "a wanted criminal"; "a wanted poster"
	2.	unwanted - not wanted; "undesirable impurities in steel"; "legislation excluding undesirable aliens";"removed the unwanted vegetation" undesirable hateful - evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly unwanted - not wanted; not needed; "tried to give away unwanted kittens"

unwanted

adjective

1. undesirable, unacceptable, unpopular, unwelcome, terrible, appalling, unfortunate, disastrous, intolerable, unfavourable, undesired The city plan would promote unwanted development in the suburbs.
undesirable wanted, needed, welcome, necessary, desired, useful

2. unloved, rejected, disliked, useless, shunned, outcast, forsaken, superfluous, surplus to requirements, friendless, unneeded, uncared for, de trop (French), uncherished I was unhappy at home because I felt unwanted and unloved.

3. leftover, surplus, untouched, unused, going begging, uneaten, unconsumed Community purchases of unwanted beef create a new beef mountain

4. unwelcome, uninvited, unsolicited, unasked From now on he would be an unwanted guest in the Embassy.

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unwanted

adjective

1. Not welcome or wanted:

undesirable, undesired, uninvited, unsought, unwelcome, unwished-for.

2. Arousing disapproval:

exceptionable, ill-favored, inadmissible, objectionable, unacceptable, undesirable, unwelcome.

Translations

unerwünscht

ανεπιθύμητος

indesiderato

nezaželen

unwanted

[ˈʌnˈwɒntɪd] ADJ [item] → superfluo; [visitor, guest] → poco grato, inoportuno; [child, pregnancy, advances, attention] → no deseado
to feel unwanted → sentirse de más
an unwanted gift → un regalo sin estrenar
to remove unwanted hair → quitar el vello superfluo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unwanted

[ʌnˈwɒntɪd] adj [pregnancy] → non désiré(e); [animals] → dont on ne veut pas
to feel unwanted (on one occasion) → se sentir de trop; (always) → se sentir mal-aimé(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unwanted

adj

(= unwelcome, unplanned) → unerwünscht; sometimes you make me feel unwanted → manchmal komme ich mir (bei dir) richtig unerwünscht vor

(= superfluous) food → überflüssig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unwanted

[ʌnˈwɒntɪd] adj (person, effect) → non desiderato/a; (clothes) → smesso/a
to feel unwanted → sentirsi respinto/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

unwanted

a. no deseado-a, despreciado.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

unwanted

adj no deseado, indeseado

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Miss Cornelia had, for the time being, given up sewing for unwanted, unwelcome eighth babies, and fallen to sewing for a very much wanted first one, whose welcome would leave nothing to be desired.

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"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.

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Poor little uncared-for, unwanted human atoms, they are not children.

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ENPNewswire-August 27, 2019--Tesco: Recycling unwanted clothes responsibly

Tesco: Recycling unwanted clothes responsibly

All Walgreens pharmacies that do not currently offer a safe medication disposal kiosk now offer DisposeRx packets or other drug disposal options, available upon request for customers, to safely discard unwanted medications at home.

Walgreens expands safe drug disposal to all pharmacies

UNWANTED green bins could be re-used by Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council to prevent them piling up in storage.

Deadline to have your green bins collected

MORE than a quarter of students have experienced "unwanted sexual behaviour" with 5% claiming they have been raped, a survey has found.

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OKLAHOMA CITY Two unwanted pesticide disposal programs resulted in the combined disposal of just under 120,000 pounds of unwanted pesticides.

ODAFF collects unwanted pesticides

Other unwanted tech traded to the site included the Nintendo Wii, Samsung S7, iPad Mini 2 and the PlayStation 3.

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Millennials were much more likely to have received unwanted gifts than any of the other age groups surveyed, with 37% of those aged 25 to 34 who had received presents last year saying they had unwrapped ones they did not like.

Millennials 'most likely to receive unwanted presents'

"Millions of dogs are killed each year because they're simply unwanted. They're unwanted because no one realized how to properly care for the demands of the breed.

National Dog Day 2018 Quotes And Photos

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