unloved
adjective
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English loved English unloved From un- + loved.
- Not loved.
“Then, too, there was the mute appeal of this wee waif alone and unloved in the midst of the horrors of the savage jungle.”
“Kidderminster: Work can start on a new glass-fronted station building (double the size), following the demolition of the dilapidated 1968 structure. Always unloved, it was cheaply assembled by BR to replace a mock Tudor building that survived for nearly 100 years before being infested with dry rot.”
verb
- simple past and past participle of unlove