unrequited
adjective
un·re·quit·ed
ˌən-ri-ˈkwī-təd 
: not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind
unrequited love
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a song about unrequited love
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And when Emily begins her personal investigations, Detective Sam Wilner (Mooney), a smart local cop — with a crush on Emily that is not completely unrequited — begins to wonder if there's more to Emily than meets the eye.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Dec. 2025
Thankfully, instead of wallowing in unrequited love, the story satirizes academia and the obsession of Western literature and philosophy with hell in a really fun way.
—Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2025
But the novella is not merely about one man’s unrequited love.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Evangeline Riddiford Graham considers the celebrated novelist’s unrequited loves.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Dec. 2025
Thankfully, instead of wallowing in unrequited love, the story satirizes academia and the obsession of Western literature and philosophy with hell in a really fun way.
—Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2025
But the novella is not merely about one man’s unrequited love.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Evangeline Riddiford Graham considers the celebrated novelist’s unrequited loves.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unrequited
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“Unrequited.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unrequited. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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