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uncalled-for
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective uncalled-for has 2 senses
- uncalled-for(s = adj.all) Array - not required or requested; "uncalled-for suggestions"
- uncalled-for(s = adj.all) gratuitous, needless - unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"
CIDE DICTIONARY
uncalled-for, a.
Not called for; not required or needed; improper; gratuitous; wanton. [1913 Webster]
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