ppl. a. [UN-1 8.]
1. Not asked or requested; uninvited.
1470–1. Rolls of Parlt., VI. 233/1. Uncompelled, unstirred or undesired soo to doo.
1509. Fisher, Funeral Serm. C’tess Richmond, Wks. (1876), 302. He prayed vndesyred of ony.
1598. Florio, Ingerire,… to offer himselfe vndesired.
1634. Sir T. Herbert, Trav., 123. Mahomet-Ally-beg vndesired, bolted out, that he knew his Master … stood more affected to no one Prince … then to our King.
2. Not desired or wished for; unsought.
1599. T. M[oufet], Silkwormes, 38. Striuing no lesse to be deliuered Than Thisbe did from vndesired life.
1617. Moryson, Itin., III. 45. As the Poet saith, Ignoti nulla Cupido: Unknowne, undesired.
1697. Dryden, Æneis, II. 902. Your gift was undesired, and came too late.
1751. Johnson, Rambler, No. 175, ¶ 2. The knowledge of crimes intrudes uncalled and undesired.
1850. Mrs. Carlyle, Lett. (1883), II. 112. Walked in Mrs. N—, of all undesired people!
1877. Mrs. Oliphant, Makers Flor., v. 133. Filippo set his active mind to work to get rid of his undesired partner.
Hence Undesiredly adv.
1828. The Lion, II. 12 Sept., 321–2. It will be worth your while to enquire, why an unassuming man in manners as I am, a quiet, harmless man in character, as I certainly am, a sober, thoughtful, and sedate man as I have ever been, could undesignedly and undesiredly raise such a ferment among you.
1845. T. W. Coit, Puritanism, 276. Those who are undesiredly tender of Puritan reputation.
