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Unrequired vs Unrequited - What's the difference?

unrequired | unrequited |

As adjectives the difference between unrequired and unrequited

is that unrequired is not required while unrequited is unanswered; not returned; not reciprocated; not repaid.

unrequired

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Not required.
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    unrequited

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unanswered; not returned; not reciprocated; not repaid.
  • * 1820 , , The Monastery , ch. 20,
  • I stand on the privilege of a free Scotchman, and will brook no insult unreturned, and no injury unrequited .
  • * 1872 , , Roughing It , ch. 61,
  • One of my comrades there—another of those victims of eighteen years of unrequited toil and blighted hopes—was one of the gentlest spirits that ever bore its patient cross in a weary exile.
  • * 1912 , , Miss Billy's Decision , ch. 27,
  • To her mind, a girl who would tell of the unrequited love of a man for herself, was unspeakably base.

    Derived terms

    * unrequited love