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# unwanted

«unwanted» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not wanted; not needed or not welcome** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (unwanted)

### meaning for a pupil

Not wanted; not needed or not welcome. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwanted/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: unwanted gifts, unwanted toys given to charity. In safety and online life: unwanted messages, unwanted contact — tell an adult. In science: unwanted weeds. In maths, unwanted items are those taken away. Phrases: unwanted attention, unwanted gift, unwanted pets.

### examples

- We gave our unwanted toys to the charity shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwanted/#x1)
- Delete unwanted emails from strangers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwanted/#x2)
- Weeds are unwanted plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwanted/#x3)
- The cat received some unwanted attention from the dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwanted/#x4)
- Many unwanted pets end up in shelters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwanted/#x5)
- He got an unwanted haircut from his big sister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwanted/#x6)

### note

Un- means not. If you get unwanted or scary messages online, tell a trusted adult. In a maths problem, unwanted items are often subtracted from a total.

### In the corpora

- [Released pets can die or become pests, and many pests around the world began as someone's unwanted pet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs/8/)
- [Pets let go can die or become pests that harm wild animals, and rescue centres and pet shops can take unwanted pets back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs/20/)
- ["Pest control" means killing unwanted animals such as rats or mice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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