Uncalled-for Synonyms

ŭn-kôldfôr
Not required, necessary, or warranted by the circumstances of the case
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. gratuitous
  2. supererogative
  3. supererogatory
  4. wanton

Uncalled-for Sentence Examples

  • It was uncalled for.

  • That was uncalled for.

  • In this letter, they are uncalled for and unable to be trusted.

  • For a Prussian official to venture to give uncalled-for advice to his sovereign was a breach of propriety not calculated to increase his chances of favour; but it gave Gentz a conspicuous position in the public eye, which his brilliant talents and literary style enabled him to maintain.

  • The whole dispute seems, to-day, entirely uncalled-for, but the marriage aroused some of Johnson's strongest prejudices.

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