English
Pronunciation
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Adjective
en-adj
- unanswered|Unanswered; not returned; not reciprocated; not repaid.
#*1820, w:Sir_Walter_Scott|Sir Walter Scott, The Monastery, ch. 20,
#*:I stand on the privilege of a free Scotchman, and will brook no insult unreturned, and no injury unrequited.
#*1872, w:Mark_Twain|Mark Twain, Roughing It, ch. 61,
#*:One of my comrades there�another of those victims of eighteen years of unrequited toil and blighted hopes�was one of the gentlest spirits that ever bore its patient cross in a weary exile.
#*1912, w:Eleanor_H._Porter|Eleanor H. Porter, Miss Billy's Decision, ch. 27,
#*:To her mind, a girl who would tell of the unrequited love of a man for herself, was unspeakably base.
Translations
Finnish: yksipuolinen
German: unerwidert
Derived terms
unrequited love
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