unrequited

adjective

un·​re·​quit·​ed ˌən-ri-ˈkwī-təd 

: not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind

unrequited love

Examples of unrequited in a Sentence

a song about unrequited love

Recent Examples on the Web

And still the thirst for the man in the half-mask and his unrequited love for his muse, Christine Daaé, continues. —Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2026

Lister even had an unrequited love in the form of Red Dwarf's navigator Kristine Kochanski, played by Scottish pop-singer Claire Grogan (and then later by Chloë Annett). —Robert Lea, Space.com, 14 Mar. 2026

After all, this show, and Julia May Jonas’s book upon which it is based, is all about dark, unrequited desires and power dynamics as told by an unreliable narrator who largely lives inside her own imaginative head. —Meg Walters, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2026

Yet another film nerd whose unrequited love and penchant for slashers sent him down a homicidal path — sensing a pattern here? —Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1556, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unrequited

• copyrighted
• expedited
• extradited
• reunited
• uninvited
• affrighted
• alighted
• benighted
• delighted
• excited
• farsighted
• highlighted