Definitions for unrequitedˌʌn rɪˈkwaɪ tɪd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•re•quit•edˌʌn rɪˈkwaɪ tɪd(adj.)

  1. not returned or reciprocated:

    unrequited love.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  2. not avenged or retaliated:

    an unrequited wrong.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  3. not repaid or satisfied.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of unrequited:

1535–45; un -1+requite+ -ed2

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unanswered, unreciprocated, unrequited(adj)

    not returned in kind

    "unrequited (unanswered) love"

Wiktionary

  1. unrequited(Adjective)

    Unanswered; not returned; not reciprocated; not repaid.

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. unrequited

    (Used generally with the word love.) Inability to make both ends meet.


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