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Definition of unrequited - 3 dictionary results

un⋅re⋅quit⋅ed

  [uhn-ri-kwahy-tid]
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–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 + -ed 2
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un·re·quit·ed   (ŭn'rĭ-kwī'tĭd)   
adj.  Not reciprocated or returned in kind: unrequited love.
un're·quit'ed·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

unrequited 
1542, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of requite.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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