Unrequited
adjective
Something, especially feelings, is unrequited when it is not returned or rewarded.
He has been dealing with the pain of unrequited love for years.
Often appears as...
- unrequited love
- unrequited feelings
adjective
Something, especially feelings, is unrequited when it is not returned or rewarded.
He has been dealing with the pain of unrequited love for years.
Often appears as...
- unrequited love
- unrequited feelings
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Unrequited suggests deep emotions that aren't returned, often leading to sadness or longing.
She sang a song about her unrequited passion.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Romantic
'Unrequited' can apply to any situation where feelings or efforts are not reciprocated, not solely love.
His unrequited efforts to be friendly were met with cold indifference.
Pro Tip 3/3Narrative Use
In literature or movies, unrequited often signals tragic or unfulfilled characters or themes.
The novel's hero was driven by unrequited desire.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Unrequited suggests deep emotions that aren't returned, often leading to sadness or longing.
She sang a song about her unrequited passion.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Romantic
'Unrequited' can apply to any situation where feelings or efforts are not reciprocated, not solely love.
His unrequited efforts to be friendly were met with cold indifference.
Pro Tip 3/3Narrative Use
In literature or movies, unrequited often signals tragic or unfulfilled characters or themes.
The novel's hero was driven by unrequited desire.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Unrequited suggests deep emotions that aren't returned, often leading to sadness or longing.
She sang a song about her unrequited passion.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Romantic
'Unrequited' can apply to any situation where feelings or efforts are not reciprocated, not solely love.
His unrequited efforts to be friendly were met with cold indifference.
Pro Tip 3/3Narrative Use
In literature or movies, unrequited often signals tragic or unfulfilled characters or themes.
The novel's hero was driven by unrequited desire.
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Don Tapscott: Four...
and, I don't know, I get a lot of hope that maybe this smaller, networked, open world that our kids inherit might be a better one, and that this new age of networked intelligence could be an age of promise fulfilled and of peril unrequited.
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Four principles for the...
network to open world that our kids inherit might be a better one and that this new age of networked intelligence could be an age of promise fulfilled and the peril unrequited let's do this thank
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Don Tapscott: Four...
and, I don't know, I get a lot of hope that maybe this smaller, networked, open world that our kids inherit might be a better one, and that this new age of networked intelligence could be an age of promise fulfilled and of peril unrequited.
Video examples
Four principles for the...
network to open world that our kids inherit might be a better one and that this new age of networked intelligence could be an age of promise fulfilled and the peril unrequited let's do this thank
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Ayelet Waldman
Israeli Novelist
I certainly don't think it's inevitable that we don't love children who don't carry our own DNA. If that were true we wouldn't have millions of successful adoptions to consider. I do think that it's harder to love a child when you come into that child's life after the unrequited passion of infancy and early childhood has passed.
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David Duchovny
American Actor
I love the ocean, wide-open space and trees, but I'm not a gardener or anything like that. I think I may be, eventually. I was raised in the city, so I don't have that skill set, but my heart is more with the dirt than the concrete. It's an unrequited love with nature - a one-way love affair.
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Cary Fukunaga
American Director
When I was a kid, I knew the black and white version of 'Jane Eyre,' and I guess I became interested in the idea of romantic love - of unrequited love and the tragedies of that; of what are the important things in life; what should one value over other materials.
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Anthony Powell
British Novelist
He fell in love with himself at first sight, and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Self-love seems so often unrequited.
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Damon Galgut
South African Playwright
Unrequited affection is very painful for the lover, but it can have unexpected, creative consequences.
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Lucinda Williams
American Musician
There's so many other things to write about than unrequited love.
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Christine McVie
American Musician
I write about unrequited love in a very optimistic way.
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Courtney Act
Australian Entertainer
I know what it's like to be in unrequited love.
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Jane Hamilton
American Novelist
I experienced unrequited love early.
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J. Michael Straczynski
American Producer
All love is unrequited. All of it.
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Ayelet Waldman
Israeli Novelist
I certainly don't think it's inevitable that we don't love children who don't carry our own DNA. If that were true we wouldn't have millions of successful adoptions to consider. I do think that it's harder to love a child when you come into that child's life after the unrequited passion of infancy and early childhood has passed.
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David Duchovny
American Actor
I love the ocean, wide-open space and trees, but I'm not a gardener or anything like that. I think I may be, eventually. I was raised in the city, so I don't have that skill set, but my heart is more with the dirt than the concrete. It's an unrequited love with nature - a one-way love affair.
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Cary Fukunaga
American Director
When I was a kid, I knew the black and white version of 'Jane Eyre,' and I guess I became interested in the idea of romantic love - of unrequited love and the tragedies of that; of what are the important things in life; what should one value over other materials.
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Anthony Powell
British Novelist
He fell in love with himself at first sight, and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Self-love seems so often unrequited.
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Damon Galgut
South African Playwright
Unrequited affection is very painful for the lover, but it can have unexpected, creative consequences.
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Lucinda Williams
American Musician
There's so many other things to write about than unrequited love.
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Christine McVie
American Musician
I write about unrequited love in a very optimistic way.
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Courtney Act
Australian Entertainer
I know what it's like to be in unrequited love.
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Jane Hamilton
American Novelist
I experienced unrequited love early.
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J. Michael Straczynski
American Producer
All love is unrequited. All of it.
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