uncalled

uncalled
uncalled (adj.) c.1400, "not summoned," from UN- (Cf. un-) (1) "not" + pp. of CALL (Cf. call) (v.). Cf. Swed. okallad, Dan. ukaldet. With FOR (Cf. for) and sense of "unnecessary, intrusive" it is first attested 1610.

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