Crossword clues for uncalled-for
uncalled-for
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Uncalled-for \Un*called"-for`\, a. Not called for; not required or needed; improper; gratuitous; wanton.
Wiktionary
a. 1 unwanted; not requested or required. 2 unwarranted, disproportionate, or inappropriate; not deserved or justified, especially when rude or offensive. alt. 1 unwanted; not requested or required. 2 unwarranted, disproportionate, or inappropriate; not deserved or justified, especially when rude or offensive.
WordNet
adj. not required or requested; "uncalled-for suggestions"
unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life" [syn: gratuitous, needless]
Usage examples of "uncalled-for".
His savage abuse and open ridicule of the neatly phrased rondeaux and sestinas and chansonettes of the little magazines was to her mind a wanton and uncalled-for cruelty.
He stomped into the kitchen, clattered my dishes with uncalled-for vigor, and reappeared with two mugs of coffee.
That might be, as I should be very much hurt by so sudden and uncalled-for a departure.
The butcher, whom we decided NOT to arrange with, called and blackguarded me in the most uncalled-for manner.
I made the deposition, after which I suffered uncalled-for abuse from the filthy defence lawyer, who made out that as an informer from a plebeian district I was an unfit character witness.
London is muddling through and unavoidable, like a garrulous drunk making uncalled-for conversation.