uncalled-for

/uhn-kawld-fawr/US // ʌnˈkɔldˌfɔr //UK // (ˌʌnˈkɔːldfɔː) //

无缘无故的,无缘无故,无人问津的,无缘无故地

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- : unwarranted; unjustified; improper: an uncalled-for criticism.

adj.unnecessary

Synonyms

Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
There was no mistaking this for the gaudiness and gilt of made-for-TV awards shows.
Given the potential for a cyber tit-for-tat to escalate, Obama has even more incentive to find a diplomatic solution.
Twenty-five more for-profits are on well on their way to doing the same thing.
Will Christian pharmacists, county clerks, florists, and for-profit wedding chapels really withdraw from society, as you describe?
As long as I had seen her and found her beautiful, this announcement seemed uncalled for.
The result of this stock-taking shows that eleven volumes were unaccounted-for, a list of which is appended.
At this stock-taking the number unaccounted-for is twenty-two, several of which are quite recent accessions to the Library.
Something in the tone of the man seemed to his listener uncalled for—in a sense reproachful, singular.
Edna's desire to see Mademoiselle Reisz had increased tenfold since these unlooked-for obstacles had arisen to thwart it.