unwanted

[US]/ˌʌn'wɔntid/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj.unnecessary
idle
annoying
harmful

Example Sentences

affairs can lead to unwanted pregnancies.

This notice should keep unwanted visitors out.

She exposed her unwanted baby by the roadside.

Have you any unwanted articles for the jumble sale?

He keeps dogs to ward off unwanted visitors.

She managed to divest herself of the unwanted property.

The contribution of groyne height reduction to counteracting unwanted erosion is then considered a favourable incidental circumstance.

The bacteria in your large intestine eat your unwanted dead cells, and mucins (which are part of the mucus lining of your gut), so generating useful chemicals and waste gases.

But a person bivouac in street, who feels unwanted by people,unloved by people,terrified, the person who throw over by society——such poverty make people so heartache and so intolerability.

Real-world Examples

Too large a party attracts unwanted attention.

Source: Game of Thrones (Season 1)

Can we erase those unwanted memories somehow?

Source: PBS Fun Science Popularization

And it keeps unwanted plants from growing.

Source: VOA Slow English - Entertainment

A new lease of life to unwanted devices.

Source: Daily English Listening | Bilingual Intensive Reading

D. It makes meals out of unwanted food.

Source: Gaokao Reading Real Questions

Canine detectives on the trail of an unwanted import.

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation September 2020

Making it easier to return unwanted gifts should help.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

When you use flash, many unwanted elements get captured.

Source: Selected English short passages

She calls the uncontrolled, unwanted thoughts from the past clutter.

Source: VOA Special September 2019 Collection

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