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Definitions for unsought
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Princeton's WordNet
undesired, unsoughtadjective
not desired
"an undesired result"
Wiktionary
unsoughtadjective
Not sought.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Unsoughtadjective
Mad man, that does seek
Occasion of wrath, and cause of strife;
She comes unsought; and shunned, follows eke. Fairy Queen.Her virtue, and the conscience of her worth,
That would be woo’d, and not unsought be won. John Milton.They new hope resume,
To find whom at the first they found unsought. John Milton.The sea o’er-fraught would swell, and th’ unsought diamonds
Would so emblaze the forehead of the deep. John Milton.Slumber, which forgot
When call’d before to come, now came unsought. John Milton.If some foreign and unsought ideas offer themselves, reject them, and keep them from taking off our minds from its present pursuit. John Locke.
Thou that art ne’er from velvet slipper free,
Whence comes this unsought honour unto me? Elijah Fenton.Hopeless to find, yet loth to leave unsought,
Or that, or any place that harbours men. William Shakespeare.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Unsought
un-sawt′, adj. not sought or solicited.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unsought in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unsought in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of unsought in a Sentence
A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the intrusion.
The thing we want eludes our grasp, Some other thing is given; sometimes Our wish is gained, and gifts unsought Are ours; these all are God?s own work.
Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.
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