unrequited
UK/ˌʌn.ɹɪˈkwaɪ.tɪd//ˌʌn.ɹɪˈkwaɪ.tɪd/
unrequited adjective: not returned; not reciprocated; not repaid.
Adjective
unrequited (comparative more unrequited, superlative most unrequited)
- Not returned; not reciprocated; not repaid.
- His expressions of love went unrequited.
- Enough for me that I stand on the privilege of a free Scottish-man, and will brook no insult unreturned, and no injury unrequited.1820 March, [Walter Scott], chapter VI, in The Monastery. A Romance. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Co., and John...
- Synonyms:
- unreciprocated
unrequited meaning in Kannada
unrequited in Kannada
- ಪ್ರತಿಪ್ರೀತಿ ನೀಡದ, ಪ್ರತಿಫಲ ನೀಡದ, ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಯಿಸದ
Examples of unrequited in a sentence
- ONE of my comrades there—another of those victims of eighteen years of unrequited toil and blighted hopes—was one of the gentlest spirits that ever bore its patient cross in a weary exile: […]1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “”, in Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing...
- To her mind, a girl who would tell of the unrequited love of a man for herself, was unspeakably base.1912, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 27, in Miss Billy’s Decision:
Synonyms of unrequited
Forms of unrequited
| comparative | more unrequited |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unrequited |
Origin of unrequited
From un- + requited.
Words formed from unrequited
Questions about unrequited
- What does unrequited mean?
- Unrequited means not returned; not reciprocated; not repaid.
- What is unrequited in Kannada?
- Unrequited in Kannada is ಪ್ರತಿಪ್ರೀತಿ ನೀಡದ, ಪ್ರತಿಫಲ ನೀಡದ, ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಯಿಸದ. See Unrequited meaning in Kannada.
- How do you use unrequited in a sentence?
- ONE of my comrades there—another of those victims of eighteen years of unrequited toil and blighted hopes—was one of the gentlest spirits that ever bore its patient cross in a weary exile: […]
- What part of speech is unrequited?
- Unrequited is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unrequited?
- Unrequited is pronounced /ˌʌn.ɹɪˈkwaɪ.tɪd/ (UK).
Words near unrequited in the dictionary
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