unloved en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English loved English unloved From un- + loved.
Meanings
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Not loved.
Then, too, there was the mute appeal of this wee waif alone and unloved in the midst of the horrors of the savage jungle.
1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 12, in The Beasts of Tarzan:Kidderminster: Work can start on a new glass-fronted station building (double the size), following the demolition of the dilapidated 1968 structure. Always unloved, it was cheaply assembled by BR to replace a mock Tudor building that survived for nearly 100 years before being infested with dry rot.
2019 November 6, “Regional News”, in Rail, page 26:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unloved | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unloved | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (4)
got 𐌿𐌽𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃 (not loved) · pdt onbeleeft (not loved) · sv oälskad (not loved) · nl ongeliefd (not loved)