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 →

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 →
• Delete unwanted emails from strangers. tree →
• Weeds are unwanted plants. tree →
• The cat received some unwanted attention from the dog. tree →
• Many unwanted pets end up in shelters. tree →
• He got an unwanted haircut from his big sister. tree →

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.
• Pets let go can die or become pests that harm wild animals, and rescue centres and pet shops can take unwanted pets back.
• "Pest control" means killing unwanted animals such as rats or mice.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unwanted» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.