unrequited

Definition

Not returned; not reciprocated; not repaid.

Etymology

From un- + requited.

Example Sentences

• "His expressions of love went unrequited."
• "Enough for me that I stand on the privilege of a free Scottish-man, and will brook no insult unreturned, and no injury unrequited."
• "ONE of my comrades there—another of those victims of eighteen years of unrequited toil and blighted hopes—was one of the gentlest spirits that ever bore its patient cross in a weary exile: […]"