unsought

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adjective

Not sought.

Similar
undesiredunwanted
OriginEnglish sought ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunsought (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot sought.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot desired

Similar
undesiredunwanted
Also see
undesiredunlooked for

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishsought
  9. Englishunsought

From un- + sought.

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Cite this entry
APA

unsought. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsought

MLA

“unsought.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsought. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsought,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsought.

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