unwanted

Etymology

un- + wanted

adj

  1. Not wanted; unwelcome.
    Once finances are stabilised, getting Crossrail finished is Byford's most obvious task. Late and over budget, it is causing unwanted headlines and friction between the London Mayor and the Department for Transport that both sides would rather live without. December 2 2020, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 52

noun

  1. One who or that which is not wanted; an undesirable.
    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 […] 1963, The Nyasaland Journal, volumes 16-17, page 12
    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. 1970, Triumph, volumes 5-6, page 7

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