unrequited love

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unrequited love (uncountable)

  1. Love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired.
    • 1912, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 27, in Miss Billy's Decision:
      To her mind, a girl who would tell of the unrequited love of a man for herself, was unspeakably base.

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