| Meaning | not wanted; not needed. |
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| Example | "tried to give away unwanted kittens" |
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| Narrower | abdicable | capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished |
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| cast-off, discarded, throwaway, thrown-away | thrown away |
| friendless, outcast | excluded from a society |
| out of it | Excluded from an activity or social group |
| outcaste, casteless | not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society |
| uncalled-for | not required or requested |
| unclaimed | not claimed or called for by an owner or assignee |
| undesired, unsought | not desired |
| uninvited | (of a person) not having been invited |
| unwelcome, unwished, unwished-for | not welcome |
| See also | undesirable, unwanted | not wanted |
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| unloved | not loved |
| unwelcome | not welcome |
| Opposite | wanted | desired or wished for or sought |
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| Spanish | indeseado |
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| Adverbs | unwantedly | in an undesirable manner |
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