unwanted
/ʌnˈwɒntɪd/
unwanted adjective: not wanted; unwelcome.
Adjective
unwanted (comparative more unwanted, superlative most unwanted)
- Not wanted; unwelcome.
- I rebuffed his unwanted advances.
- Once finances are stabilised, getting Crossrail finished is Byford's most obvious task. Late and over budget, it is causing unwanted headlines and friction between the London Mayor and the Department for Transport that both sides would rather live without.2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 52
Noun
unwanted (plural unwanteds)
- One who or that is not wanted; an undesirable.
- What slaves they had bought to carry the goods of the interior back to the coast were the unwanteds of the villages — the persons convicted of crime who would normally have been killed or banished from their communities […]1963, The Nyasaland Journal, volumes 16-17, page 12
- There were no thoughts of hydrogen bombs or CBW or contraceptives or removing unwanteds. It was the old America, the old order restored, and the President saw that it was Good.1970, Triumph, volumes 5-6, page 7
unwanted meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
unwanted in Hindi
- not wanted
- अनचाहा ancāhā, अवांछित avāñchit, अनभीष्ट anbhīṣṭ
unwanted in Urdu
- بےمانگا, بےطلب, بےضرورت
unwanted in Bengali
- unwanted, undesired, unintended, unwelcomed
- অনভিপ্রেত onbhipret
- unwanted
- অকাম okam
- unwanted, undesired for
- অকাম্য okammo
unwanted in Telugu
- not wanted
- అకాంక్షితము akāṅkṣitamu
More languagesFewer languages
- unwanted in Malayalam
- ആവശ്യമില്ലാത്ത, നിഷ്കാരണ, അനാവശ്യമായ, നിഷ്പ്രയോജന
- unwanted in Kannada
- ಬೇಡದ, ಬೇಕಾಗದ, ಅನಪೇಕ್ಷಿತ, ಬೇಕಿಲ್ಲದ
Examples of unwanted in a sentence
- I'm going to delete these unwanted files to free up some disk space.
- Lens flare is usually unwanted, but can be exploited for artistic effect.
- I accidentally saved my unwanted changes and overwrote the version of the document I wanted to keep.
Forms of unwanted
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more unwanted |
| superlative | most unwanted |
| Noun | |
| plural | unwanteds |
Origin of unwanted
From un- + wanted.
Words formed from unwanted
Questions about unwanted
- What does unwanted mean?
- Unwanted means not wanted; unwelcome.
- What is unwanted in Hindi?
- Unwanted in Hindi is अनचाहा (ancāhā), अवांछित (avāñchit), अनभीष्ट (anbhīṣṭ). See Unwanted meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is unwanted?
- Unwanted can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce unwanted?
- Unwanted is pronounced /ʌnˈwɒntɪd/.
Words near unwanted in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unwanted (page history and authors); unwanted (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অকাম (Bengali) (page history and authors); unwanted (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unwanted (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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