unwanted
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 8
/ʌnˈwɒntɪd/
Definition of unwanted
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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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.”
“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.”
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adj
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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.”
“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.”
noun
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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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From un- + wanted.
Words you can make from unwanted
111 playable · top: UNAWED (10 pts)
Best play unawed 10 points6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
12 words4-letter words
30 words- AWED 8 pts
- DAWN 8 pts
- DAWT 8 pts
- WADE 8 pts
- WAND 8 pts
- WEND 8 pts
- ANEW 7 pts
- NEWT 7 pts
- TWAE 7 pts
- WANE 7 pts
- WANT 7 pts
- WEAN 7 pts
- WENT 7 pts
- WETA 7 pts
- DATE 5 pts
- DAUT 5 pts
- DEAN 5 pts
- DENT 5 pts
- DUET 5 pts
- DUNE 5 pts
- DUNT 5 pts
- NUDE 5 pts
- TEND 5 pts
- UNDE 5 pts
- ANTE 4 pts
- AUNT 4 pts
- ETNA 4 pts
- NEAT 4 pts
- TUNA 4 pts
- TUNE 4 pts
3-letter words
44 words- DAW 7 pts
- DEW 7 pts
- WAD 7 pts
- WED 7 pts
- WUD 7 pts
- AWE 6 pts
- AWN 6 pts
- NAW 6 pts
- NEW 6 pts
- TAW 6 pts
- TEW 6 pts
- TWA 6 pts
- WAE 6 pts
- WAN 6 pts
- WAT 6 pts
- WEN 6 pts
- WET 6 pts
- AND 4 pts
- DAN 4 pts
- DEN 4 pts
- DUE 4 pts
- DUN 4 pts
- END 4 pts
- TAD 4 pts
- TED 4 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NAN 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NUN 3 pts
- NUT 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TAU 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TUN 3 pts
- UTA 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
2-letter words
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