Meanings
unloved1
comparative more unloved · superlative most unloved
- Not loved.
Then, too, there was the mute appeal of this wee waif alone and unloved in the midst of the horrors of the savage jungle.
1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 12, in The Beasts of Tarzan1 more example
Kidderminster: Work can start on a new glass-fronted station building (double the size), following the demolition of the dilapidated 1968 structure. Always unloved, it was cheaply assembled by BR to replace a mock Tudor building that survived for nearly 100 years before being infested with dry rot.
2019 November 6, “Regional News”, in Rail, page 26
unloved2
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of unlove
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot loved
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishloved
- Englishunloved
Translations
Dutch ongeliefd
- ongeliefdnot loved
Swedish oälskad
- oälskadnot loved
Cite this entry
unloved. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unloved
“unloved.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unloved. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unloved,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unloved.
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