Used in a Sentence

unsought

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for unsought.

Editorial note

Corollary 2: Any nagging intruder, who stops by with unsought advice, will spot it immediately.

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Quick take

Not sought.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

Not sought.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for unsought.

Example sentences

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Corollary 2: Any nagging intruder, who stops by with unsought advice, will spot it immediately.

2

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.

3

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex.

4

See Eisenhower's original speech: > we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military–industrial complex.

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There is also the question of discoverability, especially unsought discovery.

6

One day, all my work problems were her problems of 3 years ago and it allowed me to succeed in that unforeseen (and somewhat unsought:P) transformation.

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In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex.

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And I know it doesn't sounds sensical Fret not, you are hereby disclaimed of all association, sought or unsought, with this dangerous idea.

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One silver lining (ha ha HAH!) to the death of Twitter has been a marked drop in my incidental unsought exposure to Dunning-Kruger punditry gone off the rails.

10

It was unkind, unsought, undeserved, and unnecessary.

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> In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.

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The lack of documentation, missing libraries, unpredictable crashes on software upgrades (which came from different sources, absolutely without automation, manually running setup.exe's) and different UX, unsought taskbar icons really annoyed me.

Quote examples

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In spite of his reputation as a hard-line anti-communist, his presidential farewell address famously warned against "unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex".

2

Just quoting one of your presidents: >“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.

3

It's true that the "best" greedy top-down heuristic for a BST is to cut at the conditional median - but whether this is the same as a datum partitioning the sought from the unsought depends on more detail, especially since we're now talking about range searches.

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I also like to highlight another part of the same speech: "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use unsought in a sentence?

Corollary 2: Any nagging intruder, who stops by with unsought advice, will spot it immediately.

What does unsought mean?

Not sought.

What part of speech is unsought?

unsought is commonly used as adjective.