unrequited
Other forms: unrequitedly
Unrequited is used almost exclusively in the context of romantic love. If you love someone and they don't love you back––that, my friend, is a case of unrequited love.
Unrequited love is so painful, most people feel they are the first person in history to experience it, but the word unrequited has in fact been around since the 1520s, when it was invented, like many good words, to talk about money. It derived from re- 'back' + the Middle English quite 'pay up.'
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not returned in kind
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synonyms:
unanswered, unreciprocated
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nonreciprocal
not reciprocal
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nonreciprocal
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Vocabulary lists containing unrequited
High school senior Chloe Green has been working hard to become the valedictorian of Willowgrove Christian Academy, so when her main competition, Shara Wheeler, suddenly disappears, she is determined to find her and prove that the honor has been fairly earned.
Noor and Sal — two Pakistani American teenagers living in a small town — are falling in love as they struggle with difficult family issues.
Set in Dublin, Ireland, Nishat and her childhood friend Flávia contend one another in a high school contest to create the best henna business.
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