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Definition of "unsought" []

  • Not looked for or requested: received some unsought advice. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "unsought" in a sentence
  • "The other intended path was to record things that are rarer, such as unsought gifts:"
  • "I'm working on a story about an artsy neighborhood that is struggling to coming to terms with an unsought piece of public art that its unhappy public has variously nicknamed the eyeball, the dinosaur egg, the hemorrhoid and the GBV for Great Big ... um, body part."
  • "He may have suggested that drinking carrot juice and taking coffee bean enemas may help combat cancer, but that does not mean he will carry on delivering his uninformed and unsought opinions when his mother dies."