unwished-for

[uhn-wisht-fawr]

un·wished-for

[uhn-wisht-fawr]
adjective
undesired; unwelcome: an unwished-for occurrence.

Origin:
1610–20
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Unwished-for is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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.
WordNet
unwished-for

adjective
not welcome; "unwelcome publicity" [syn: unwelcome
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