Definitions

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  • Not loved.

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  • adjective Pertaining to someone or something not loved.

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  • adjective not loved

Etymologies

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un- +‎ loved

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Examples

  • Some more often than others, and unloved is debatable.

    Hopefully temporary. Jessica Hagy 2006

  • he tours what he calls "unloved Britain", stopping off at our most miserable towns, gasping at our most hideous architecture, shivering in our worst-reviewed hotels and forcing down our most disgusting delicacies.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Michael Deacon 2012

  • WHITFIELD: Plus, the so-called unloved soldiers, appreciation for how Americans treat their warriors.

    CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2007 2007

  • FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Plus, the so-called unloved soldiers, appreciation for how Americans treat their warriors.

    CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2007 2007

  • WHITFIELD: The tale of the so-called unloved soldier.

    CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2007 2007

  • The first two groups are undervalued, underowned and unloved, which is reassuring.

    The Contra Contrarian 2007

  • It was all her stupidity! 'he thought, recalling his unloved wife, and he rolled over into his old place at the front part of the sledge.

    Master and Man Leo Tolstoy 1869

  • And I think, in the reporting we've done today, you know, you have to ask the question of people, was this in reaction to the fact that Hillary Clinton was not on the ticket along with Barack Obama and that there was a sense in the McCain campaign that they really had an opening with Independent women voters, who were feeling kind of unloved by the Obama campaign?

    CNN Transcript Aug 29, 2008 2008

  • For instance, in Genesis 29, Jacob is said to prefer Rachel to Leah, who is termed "unloved"; the verb for that is the same as the one being translated as "hate" in today's Gospel; but Jacob then went on to have seven children with Leah, while Rachel remained barren.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Mike L 2007

  • For instance, in Genesis 29, Jacob is said to prefer Rachel to Leah, who is termed "unloved"; the verb for that is the same as the one being translated as "hate" in today's Gospel; but Jacob then went on to have seven children with Leah, while Rachel remained barren.

    Amo ergo odi Mike L 2007

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