unlove
The lack, absence, or omission of loveThe lack, absence, or omission of love; lovelessness; enmity; neglect; hate.
» My mother was unloving towards me.
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1 senses(uncountable)The lack, absence, or omission of love; lovelessness; enmity; neglect; hate.
Examples
5 sentencesMy mother was unloving towards me.
Mary's mother is dead, and she feels unloved by her father.
deMarias Mutter ist tot, und von ihrem Vater fühlt sie sich ungeliebt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
He's feeling old and unloved.
Buy undervalued and unloved assets.
What a starved, unloved life she had had—a life of drudgery and poverty and neglect.
Translations
5 languagesOrigin
From un- (“not; lack of”) + love (noun).From un- (“not; lack of”) + love (noun).
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.