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Despised vs Unwanted - What's the difference?

despised | unwanted | Related terms |

Despised is a related term of unwanted.


As adjectives the difference between despised and unwanted

is that despised is hated; viewed with scorn while unwanted is not wanted, welcome or acceptable.

As a verb despised

is (despise).

As a noun unwanted is

one who or that which is not wanted; an undesirable.

despised

English

Verb

(head)
  • (despise)
    • The little boy loved peas but despised spinach.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Hated; viewed with scorn.
    • The dictator's cruelty made him the most despised person in the region.

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    unwanted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • not wanted, welcome or acceptable

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "unwanted" is often applied: effect, consequence, pregnancy, child, baby, person, guest, visitor, gift, thought, element, sound, sex, feature.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who or that which is not wanted; an undesirable.
  • * 1963 , The Nyasaland Journal (volumes 16-17, page 12)
    • What slaves they had bought to carry the goods of the interior back to the coast were the unwanteds of the villages — the persons convicted of crime who would normally have been killed or banished from their communities
  • * 1970 , Triumph (volumes 5-6, page 7)
    • There were no thoughts of hydrogen bombs or CBW or contraceptives or removing unwanteds . It was the old America, the old order restored, and the President saw that it was Good.