unreciprocate

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ reciprocate.

Adjective

unreciprocate (comparative more unreciprocate, superlative most unreciprocate)

  1. (poetic) Unreciprocated.
    • 1940, Stephen Phillips, Galloway Kyle, The Poetry Review - Volume 31, page 170:
      Although one would wish to share all the best with others, still the unpublished " reams and reams," the unrequited love, and the unreciprocate friendship have not been valueless.
    • 1942, Richard Eberhart, Song and Idea, page 44:
      The silver belly sullied by slime, Kiss unreciprocate ;
    • 2010, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Smeddum: A Lewis Grassic Gibbon Anthology, page 197:
      Undying loves, love unreciprocate!