: not loved or cherished
an unloved, abandoned dog
unloved houses
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To be unclaimed does not in itself mean that a person was unloved in life or unmissed in death.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Only Linda’s was interesting, Eliza thought, with its intentional clashes of color; the rest were a random scattering of droopy, unloved plants.
—Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Anyone looking for a dual solution could do worse than check out what is happening at one of German capital Berlin’s most famous, and previously unloved locations.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Gray Scale The resulting makeover has injected some pre-millennium charm into perhaps Sony’s most unloved design of recent years.
—Mike Dent, WIRED, 28 Sep. 2024
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Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Only Linda’s was interesting, Eliza thought, with its intentional clashes of color; the rest were a random scattering of droopy, unloved plants.
—Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Anyone looking for a dual solution could do worse than check out what is happening at one of German capital Berlin’s most famous, and previously unloved locations.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Gray Scale The resulting makeover has injected some pre-millennium charm into perhaps Sony’s most unloved design of recent years.
—Mike Dent, WIRED, 28 Sep. 2024
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“Unloved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unloved. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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