unwanted

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Thân thiện

The family placed a box of unwanted kittens outside the animal shelter.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not desired or wished for: Refers to something that is not wanted, often because it is unpleasant, unnecessary, or inconvenient.
   • Not needed or required: Describes something that is superfluous, excessive, or serves no useful purpose in a given context.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The factory filters out unwanted impurities from the metal.
  • She received a lot of unwanted advice about her personal life.
  • We are trying to find homes for these unwanted kittens.

Advanced Usage

• "unwanted attention": attention that is not desired and is often intrusive or bothersome.
  • The celebrity took steps to avoid unwanted attention from the paparazzi.
• "unwanted consequences": results or effects of an action that were not intended or desired.
  • The new policy had several unwanted consequences for small businesses.

Variants and Related Words

• Unwantedly (adverb): in an unwanted manner.
  • The software update unwantedly changed all my settings.
• Unwantedness (noun): the state or quality of being unwanted.
  • The unwantedness of the old furniture was clear.

Synonyms

• Undesirable: not wanted or approved of.
• Unwelcome: not received gladly.
• Superfluous: exceeding what is sufficient or required; extra.

Antonyms

• Wanted: desired or wished for.
• Desired: wanted or wished for.
• Needed: required to be done, achieved, or present.

Related Phrases

• To feel unwanted: to have the feeling that one is not desired or valued by others.
  • After being left out of the team, he began to feel unwanted.
• Unwanted guest: a visitor who is not welcome.
  • The salesman became an unwanted guest when he refused to leave.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. not wanted
   • undesirable impurities in steel
   • legislation excluding undesirable aliens
   • removed the unwanted vegetation
2. not wanted; not needed
   • tried to give away unwanted kittens

Từ đồng nghĩa

• undesirable