Uncalled-for (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Not required or requested; "uncalled-for suggestions".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The teacher felt that the student's comment was uncalled-for and disrupted the entire class.
- The manager's uncalled-for criticism of the team's performance was met with frustration and disappointment.
- The uncalled-for remarks made by the politician sparked a heated debate among the public.
- The customer service representative apologized for the uncalled-for delay in resolving the customer's issue.
- The artist felt that the art critic's uncalled-for comments about her work were unfair and biased.
Meaning 2
Unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life".
Classification
All adjective clusters.