unrequited

[uhn-ri-kwahy-tid] Origin

un·re·quit·ed

[uhn-ri-kwahy-tid]
adjective
1.
not returned or reciprocated: unrequited love.
2.
not avenged or retaliated: an unrequited wrong.
3.
not repaid or satisfied.

Origin:
1535–45; un-1 + requite + -ed2
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Unrequited is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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unrequited (ˌʌnrɪˈkwaɪtɪd)
 
adj
(of love, affection, etc) not reciprocated or returned

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unrequited
1542, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of requite.
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