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UNCALLED-FOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does uncalled-for mean?
• UNCALLED-FOR (adjective)
The adjective UNCALLED-FOR has 2 senses:
1. not required or requested
2. unnecessary and unwarranted
Familiarity information: UNCALLED-FOR used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not required or requested
Context example:
uncalled-for suggestions
Similar:
unwanted (not wanted; not needed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Unnecessary and unwarranted
Synonyms:
gratuitous; needless; uncalled-for
Context example:
a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life
Similar:
unnecessary; unneeded (not necessary)
Context examples
At the best, in her most charitable frame of mind, she considered the statement of his views to be a caprice, an erratic and uncalled-for prank.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
A perhaps uncalled-for gush of pity came over my heart: I was moved to say—I wish Diana or Mary would come and live with you: it is too bad that you should be quite alone; and you are recklessly rash about your own health.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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