: not loved or cherished
an unloved, abandoned dog
unloved houses
My job is to lighten the spirit and love the heck out of people who feel really unloved.—
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But in recent years, the company has been managing decline and has at times felt like an unloved child in the Comcast empire.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025
As the unloved surviving son of a cruel father, he was approached by a wizard who offered him gold to secretly feed a mysterious hedgehog-faced monster in a cave.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Vanya is a closeted gay man who shuns intimacy and Sonia is a neurotic spinster who feels unnoticed and unloved.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Things are certainly looking up in The City That Never Sleeps for its favorite basketball franchise (with apologies to the largely-unloved Brooklyn Nets).
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025
As the unloved surviving son of a cruel father, he was approached by a wizard who offered him gold to secretly feed a mysterious hedgehog-faced monster in a cave.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Vanya is a closeted gay man who shuns intimacy and Sonia is a neurotic spinster who feels unnoticed and unloved.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Things are certainly looking up in The City That Never Sleeps for its favorite basketball franchise (with apologies to the largely-unloved Brooklyn Nets).
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Unloved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unloved. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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