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unreciprocate

unreciprocate adjective: unreciprocated.

Adjective

unreciprocate (comparative more unreciprocate, superlative most unreciprocate)

  1. (poetic) Unreciprocated.
    • Although one would wish to share all the best with others, still the unpublished " reams and reams," the unrequited love, and the unreciprocate friendship have not been valueless.1940, Stephen Phillips, Galloway Kyle, The Poetry Review - Volume 31, page 170
    • The silver belly sullied by slime, Kiss unreciprocate ;1942, Richard Eberhart, Song and Idea, page 44

Forms of unreciprocate

comparativemore unreciprocate
superlativemost unreciprocate

Origin of unreciprocate

From un- + reciprocate.

Questions about unreciprocate

What does unreciprocate mean?
Unreciprocate means unreciprocated.
What part of speech is unreciprocate?
Unreciprocate is an adjective.

Words near unreciprocate in the dictionary

  1. unreceptively
  2. unreceptiveness
  3. unreceptivity
  4. unrecessed
  5. unreciprocal
  6. unreciprocate
  7. unreciprocated
  8. unreciprocating
  9. unreciprocation
  10. unrecitable
  11. unrecited

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