unloved

adjective

un·​loved ˌən-ˈləvd How to pronounce unloved (audio)
: 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.Wynonna Judd

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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 Investor Tim Seymour is looking for pockets of unloved stocks to scoop up during this window before the Fed decision, in anticipation of a broadening of the market. John Melloy, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025 There are no sections that go entirely unloved by our staff, but some favorites include literary fiction, cookbooks, sci fi and fantasy and all things kids' books. American Booksellers Association, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025 What happens to a person who is made without love, and left still unloved after the fact? Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unloved

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unloved was in the 15th century

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“Unloved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unloved. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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