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unwanted

adj
/ʌnˈwɒntɪd/

Etymology

From un- + wanted.

  1. derived from *h₁weh₂-✻
  2. derived from *wanatōną✻
  3. derived from vanta
  4. inherited from wanten
  5. suffixed as wanted — “want + ed”
  6. formed as unwanted — “un- + wanted”

Definitions

  1. Not wanted

    Not wanted; unwelcome.

    • I rebuffed his unwanted advances.
    • When asked why the devices were retrofitted on older models instead of newer ones, Sarno said the MTA typically uses older car models when making modifications in case there are any unwanted effects.

  2. One who or that is not wanted

    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 […]
    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at unwanted. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01unwanted02wanted03enforcement04compulsion05perform06pattern07annoyance08annoyed

A definitional loop anchored at unwanted. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at unwanted

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA