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Meanings of uncalled in English

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Usage of uncalled in English
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That was uncalled for, seeing that the Mingo died in my arms.
The Deerslayer
2
The proposition is as absurd as it is insulting and uncalled for.
The Corporation of London, Its Rights and Privileges
3
This cruel and uncalled for murder had aroused the anti-slavery sentiment everywhere.
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete
4
The broken marble chimney-place still remains, mutely protesting against the uncalled-for violence.
An Old Town By the Sea
5
Only for a brief second did this strange and uncalled-forhauteur obtain.
Graustark
6
The officers named, regarding this as uncalled for, immediately tendered their resignations.
The Colored Regulars in the United States Army
7
This wish is not uncalled for-several of their brethren having already disappeared.
The Prose Works of William Wordsworth / For the First Time Colle...
8
It was a generous gift, a lavish one, and altogether uncalled for-
At Love's Cost
9
He thereby voiced a commentary patently uncalled-for, as Mr. Pope afterward reflected.
The Certain Hour (Dizain des Poëtes)
10
Would he think her interference in Anna's affairs strange and uncalled for?
The Chink in the Armour
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They applauded with what now seems to me uncalled-for fervor, but then!
Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil
12
It was shocking that thoughts should come uncalled for, and such thoughts!
Celibates
13
That was stupid -uncalled for at the end of the period.
Reuters
14
That language is simply uncalled for- Iknow ,howabout lunch, dear?
86'd: a novel
15
Detective Senior Sergeant Lloyd Schmid said the attack was uncalled for.
Radio NZ
16
Then Bolitho stood up abruptly and said, 'That was uncalled for.
For my Country’s Freedom
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