unloved

adjective

un·​loved ˌən-ˈləvd 

: not loved or cherished

an unloved, abandoned dog

unloved houses

My job is to lighten the spirit and love the heck out of people who feel really unloved.

—Wynonna Judd

Examples of unloved in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Nothing, Juno and Oliver and David and Rebecca all recognize, is more painful than a child’s fear of going unloved by a parent or a parent’s fear of harming their child. —Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025

Private investors had an edge for a while, playing on the margins of unloved corporate entities and capitalizing on post-2008 regulations that hamstrung bank lending. —Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2025

When funds are forced to sell because of index rules… When spins carve out unloved segments… When rights offerings get ignored… When incentives quietly shift inside a company… That’s when price disconnects from value. —Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025

Upper house elections on July 20 could see a similar drubbing, which might prompt Ishiba to quit, 10 months after taking the helm of the long-dominant but unloved Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). —Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unloved

• beloved
• gloved
• loved
• shoved