单词 | unlonged-for |
释义 | unlonged-foradj. Not longed-for; undesired, not wanted or yearned for. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective] > not desiring or desirous of > not desired unsought?c1225 unwished1583 uncourted1595 undesired1599 unaffected1611 unwished-for1617 unwilled1648 uncontended1697 unwanted1697 unbesought1739 uncoveted1769 unlonged-for1834 inappetible1874 1834 Christian Observer Oct. 582 The first sun of matin spring, bursting unexpected, though not unlonged-for, upon the glooms of lingering winter. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley II. vii. 166 A gentle human form..unknown, unloved, but not unlonged-for. 1861 Sat. Rev. 17 Aug. 169/1 The flavour of the mutton of that county is not unknown to epicures, nor is the richness of its cream unlonged for. 1921 Forum Nov. 380 The hatred of that mother for her son who is the unlonged-for offspring of her old and grasping husband. 1989 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 5 Apr. c2 He mumbled something about needing to save money for a train ticket home or some other unlonged-for destination. 2005 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 17 July (Features section) 12 Perhaps you're feeling unloved, unlonged-for and unmissed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1834 |
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