uncalled
pronunciation
How to pronounce uncalled in British English:
UK ['ʌn'kɔ:ld]
How to pronounce uncalled in American English:
US [ʌn'kɔld]
Word Origin
- uncalled (adj.)
- c. 1400, "not summoned," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of call (v.). Similar formation in Swedish okallad, Danish ukaldet. With for and sense of "unnecessary, intrusive" it is first attested 1610.
Example
- 1. All these ceremonies were uncalled for .
- 2. Walter 's spiteful remarks were quite uncalled for .
- 3. What she did was completely uncalled for .
- 4. And the very fact that people try to answer this question and quarrel over it and are puzzled by it serves to show it up as quite vain and uncalled .
- 5. That last remark was uncalled for .