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# unsought

«unsought» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not asked for or looked for; came without being wanted or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (unsought)

### meaning for a pupil

Not asked for or looked for; came without being wanted or searched for. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsought/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a gift or a fate comes unsought; in talk «unsought advice» is advice nobody asked for

### examples

- The prize came to her unsought. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsought/#x1)
- He gave unsought advice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsought/#x2)
- Happiness came unsought. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsought/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unsought» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsought/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.