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
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The latter has portrayed The Waitress — the object of Day's character Charlie Kelly's obsessive, unrequited love — in 37 episodes across 16 seasons of the long-running FX series.
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Erin Clack, People.com, 6 July 2025
Living life in isolation, a girl dreams of luxury and beauty, fantasizing about possessing the looks of
her celebrity idol and winning the heart of her unrequited love.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
Baseball mounds, kite-eating trees and pumpkin patches were the settings for discourse about unrequited love, civil rights, loneliness and morality.
—Chris Carra, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
In fact, the song is presented from the point of view of someone who may well be dealing with unrequited love, which is of course the most heartbreaking kind of all.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 11 June 2025
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Erin Clack, People.com, 6 July 2025
Living life in isolation, a girl dreams of luxury and beauty, fantasizing about possessing the looks of
her celebrity idol and winning the heart of her unrequited love.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
Baseball mounds, kite-eating trees and pumpkin patches were the settings for discourse about unrequited love, civil rights, loneliness and morality.
—Chris Carra, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
In fact, the song is presented from the point of view of someone who may well be dealing with unrequited love, which is of course the most heartbreaking kind of all.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 11 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for unrequited
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“Unrequited.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unrequited. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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