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uncalled-for

/uhn-kawld-fawr/US // ʌnˈkɔldˌfɔr //UK // (ˌʌnˈkɔːldfɔː) //

无缘无故的,无缘无故,无人问津的,无缘无故地

Related Words

accidental偶然的,偶然性,偶然,偶然性的avoidable可避免的,可避免,可以避免的,可避开的fortuitous偶然的,凑巧的是,偶然性,偶然性的futile徒劳的,徒劳无益,徒劳无功,徒劳inappropriate不合适,不合适的,不适当,不恰当needless不需要,无需,不需,不用nonessential非必要的,非必要,非必需的,非必需品optional可选,可选的,可选择的,自选unessential非必要的,非必要,非必需的,非必需品uninvited不请自来,不请自来的,不请自到,未被邀请的unwanted不需要的,不受欢迎的,不需要的东西,不需要unwarranted无可厚非,无可厚非的,不必要的,无可奈何unwelcome不受欢迎,不受欢迎的,不受欢迎的人,不欢迎useless无用的,无用,没有用的,毫无用处inessential非必要的,非必需的,非必要,非必需品unneeded不需要的,不必要的,不需要,不必要unrequired不需要,不需要的,不需,非必需gratuitous赏心悦目的,赏心悦目,赏金,赠与的impertinent不礼貌的,无礼,不礼貌,无礼的indecorous不雅的,猥琐,不雅观的,不雅观

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
    • : unwarranted; unjustified; improper: an uncalled-for criticism.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.unnecessary
Synonyms
accidental偶然的,偶然性,偶然,偶然性的avoidable可避免的,可避免,可以避免的,可避开的fortuitous偶然的,凑巧的是,偶然性,偶然性的futile徒劳的,徒劳无益,徒劳无功,徒劳inappropriate不合适,不合适的,不适当,不恰当inessential非必要的,非必需的,非必要,非必需品needless不需要,无需,不需,不用nonessential非必要的,非必要,非必需的,非必需品not required不需要,不要求,未要求,不需optional可选,可选的,可选择的,自选unessential非必要的,非必要,非必需的,非必需品uninvited不请自来,不请自来的,不请自到,未被邀请的unneeded不需要的,不必要的,不需要,不必要unrequired不需要,不需要的,不需,非必需unwanted不需要的,不受欢迎的,不需要的东西,不需要unwarranted无可厚非,无可厚非的,不必要的,无可奈何unwelcome不受欢迎,不受欢迎的,不受欢迎的人,不欢迎useless无用的,无用,没有用的,毫无用处
adj.unjustified
Synonyms
gratuitous赏心悦目的,赏心悦目,赏金,赠与的impertinent不礼貌的,无礼,不礼貌,无礼的inappropriate不合适,不合适的,不适当,不恰当indecorous不雅的,猥琐,不雅观的,不雅观unbecoming不伦不类,不伦不类的,不伦不类地,不雅观unmerited无偿的,无偿,不公平的,无偿提供unnecessary不需要,不必要,不需要的,不必要的unseemly不伦不类的,不伦不类,不体面的,不雅观的

Examples

  • Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.

  • There was no mistaking this for the gaudiness and gilt of made-for-TV awards shows.

  • Given the potential for a cyber tit-for-tat to escalate, Obama has even more incentive to find a diplomatic solution.

  • Twenty-five more for-profits are on well on their way to doing the same thing.

  • Will Christian pharmacists, county clerks, florists, and for-profit wedding chapels really withdraw from society, as you describe?

  • As long as I had seen her and found her beautiful, this announcement seemed uncalled for.

  • The result of this stock-taking shows that eleven volumes were unaccounted-for, a list of which is appended.

  • At this stock-taking the number unaccounted-for is twenty-two, several of which are quite recent accessions to the Library.

  • Something in the tone of the man seemed to his listener uncalled for—in a sense reproachful, singular.

  • Edna's desire to see Mademoiselle Reisz had increased tenfold since these unlooked-for obstacles had arisen to thwart it.

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