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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 requestedplay

2. unnecessary and unwarrantedplay

  Familiarity information: UNCALLED-FOR used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNCALLED-FOR (adjective)


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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