Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not looked for or requested.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not sought.
- Unasked for; unsolicited.
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- adjective Not
sought .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not desired
Etymologies
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Examples
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The other intended path was to record things that are rarer, such as unsought gifts:
Shambhala SunSpace - John Tarrant’s “Escape Arts in Delusionville”: My Average Life William Harryman 2009
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It came unsought, unbidden, at the meadow stile, it was one of the flowers of happiness scattered for us and found unexpectedly by the wayside of life.
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But that can't be the only reason for my unsought status as a forgotten Jew.
David Harris: Letter from a Forgotten Jew David Harris 2010
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But that can't be the only reason for my unsought status as a forgotten Jew.
David Harris: Letter from a Forgotten Jew* David Harris 2010
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But that can't be the only reason for my unsought status as a forgotten Jew.
David Harris: Letter from a Forgotten Jew David Harris 2010
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Perhaps new life comes not from closure but from our arrival at a fragile, tentative moment in which the unsought for and undesired wound becomes for us a resource for deeper relationships?
John Thatamanil: Killing And The Myth Of Closure John Thatamanil 2011
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I'm working on a story about an artsy neighborhood that is struggling to coming to terms with an unsought piece of public art that its unhappy public has variously nicknamed the eyeball, the dinosaur egg, the hemorrhoid and the GBV for Great Big ... um, body part.
Tell us: The art you love to hate Brigid Schulte 2011
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Perhaps new life comes not from closure but from our arrival at a fragile, tentative moment in which the unsought for and undesired wound becomes for us a resource for deeper relationships?
John Thatamanil: Killing And The Myth Of Closure John Thatamanil 2011
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He may have suggested that drinking carrot juice and taking coffee bean enemas may help combat cancer, but that does not mean he will carry on delivering his uninformed and unsought opinions when his mother dies.
Prepare for the reign of Charles the Meddler | Nick Cohen 2011
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Perhaps new life comes not from closure but from our arrival at a fragile, tentative moment in which the unsought for and undesired wound becomes for us a resource for deeper relationships?
John Thatamanil: Killing And The Myth Of Closure John Thatamanil 2011
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