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unrequited

[uhn-ri-kwahy-tid] / ˌʌn rɪˈkwaɪ tɪd /
ADJECTIVE
unanswered
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“I see it more as a situation of unrequited love,” said Alvin Velazquez, an associate law professor at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law and an expert on Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy in 2017.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

Before our interview, she plays me a new song called Deep End – a saga of unrequited love which, amongst other things, reveals she learned how to kiss from a YouTube video.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

This is something far more daffy and useless: The brouhaha over unrequited affections between Seattle Mariners at the World Baseball Classic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

If you feel feelings and it’s unrequited, it feels like an attack on you or makes you feel unwanted.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

When sixteen-year-old me, who'd suffered from chronic bouts of unrequited love, looked at them, all I could wonder was, Will I ever be this happy?

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi




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