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Meaning of "unbefriended" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNBEFRIENDED

unbefriended  [ˌʌnbɪˈfrɛndɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNBEFRIENDED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unbefriended is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNBEFRIENDED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unbefriended in the English dictionary

The definition of unbefriended in the dictionary is having no friends or companions.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNBEFRIENDED


blended
ˈblɛndɪd
distended
dɪsˈtɛndɪd
extended
ɪkˈstɛndɪd
intended
ɪnˈtɛndɪd
offended
əˈfɛndɪd
overextended
ˌəʊvərɪkˈstɛndɪd
pretended
prɪˈtɛndɪd
recommended
ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd
splendid
ˈsplɛndɪd
unamended
ˌʌnəˈmɛndɪd
unattended
ˌʌnəˈtɛndɪd
unblended
ʌnˈblɛndɪd
undefended
ˌʌndɪˈfɛndɪd
undescended
ˌʌndɪˈsɛndɪd
unexpended
ˌʌnɪkˈspɛndɪd
unextended
ˌʌnɪkˈstɛndɪd
unfriended
ʌnˈfrɛndɪd
unintended
ˌʌnɪnˈtɛndɪd
unrecommended
ʌnˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd
untended
ʌnˈtɛndɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNBEFRIENDED

unbeaten
unbeautiful
unbeautifully
unbeavered
unbecoming
unbecomingly
unbecomingness
unbedimmed
unbedinned
unbefitting
unbeget
unbegetting
unbegged
unbeginning
unbegot
unbegotten
unbeguile
unbegun
unbeholden
unbeing

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNBEFRIENDED

bended
branded
descended
expanded
minded
open-ended
rounded
single-ended
unapprehended
unascended
uncommended
uncomprehended
unended
unmended
unoffended
unsuspended
upended
well-attended
well-defended
well-recommended

Synonyms and antonyms of unbefriended in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unbefriended» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNBEFRIENDED

Find out the translation of unbefriended to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unbefriended from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unbefriended» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

unbefriended
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

unbefriended
570 millions of speakers

English

unbefriended
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unbefriended
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

unbefriended
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

unbefriended
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unbefriended
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

unbefriended
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

unbefriended
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak berteman
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unbefriended
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

unbefriended
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

unbefriended
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora bisa ditemtokake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

unbefriended
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unbefriended
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अप्रतिबंधित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dostsuz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unbefriended
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

unbefriended
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

unbefriended
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unbefriended
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unbefriended
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sonder vriende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unbefriended
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unbefriended
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unbefriended

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNBEFRIENDED»

The term «unbefriended» is used very little and occupies the 192.936 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNBEFRIENDED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unbefriended» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unbefriended» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unbefriended

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNBEFRIENDED»

Discover the use of unbefriended in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unbefriended and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Guardianship of Adults: Achieving Justice, Autonomy, and Safety
(Jacobson, 2003) Medical Decision Making for Unbefriended Elderly Medical decision-making for older people who do not have capacity and who have no one to make the decisions for them has become a compelling issue (Karp & Wood, ...
Mary Joy Quinn
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Integrated Textbook of Geriatric Mental Health
Health Care Decision-Making for Unbefriended Elderly People A 2002–2003 study by the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging (Karp and Wood 2003) described the following three criteria to define the unbefriended older ...
Donna Cohen, Carl Eisdorfer, 2011
3
The Caregiver's Path to Compassionate Decision Making: ...
Sometimes we call this patient the unbefriended person or the unrepresented person. Who Is the Unbefriended or Unrepresented Patient? The term unbefriended or unrepresented describes a patient who has no friends or loved ones the ...
Viki Kind, 2010
4
Advance Care Planning in End of Life Care
INTRODUCTION TO INDEPENDENT MENTAL CAPACITY ADVOCACY (IMCA) ◇ be in the words of the Act 'unbefriended', i.e. have no-one to consult on their behalf such as a spouse or close family member. The exceptions to the ...
Keri Thomas, Ben Lobo, 2011
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Neurocritical Care
In most circumstances, this will require a court-appointed guardian. Therefore, as soon as the ICU team realizes a patient may be unbefriended, efforts should be initiated (1) to find friends or family and (2) to apply to the court for a guardian to ...
Michel T. Torbey, 2009
6
Emerging Systems in Long-term Care
the incapacitated unbefriended patient population. While (as discussed earlier) most discharge planners, nursing facility admissions staff, and consumer advocates believe that programs to divert people from unnecessary institutionalization ...
Paul R. Katz, Robert L. Kane, Mathy Doval Mezey, 1999
7
Legal Aspects of Elder Care
either informal or formal surrogate decision makers for them. Neither the unbefriended nor the health care and social service professionals and the financial institutions that seek to engage in transactions with the unbefriended are well served ...
Marshall B. Kapp, 2010
8
The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde
He retired to Frankfurt-am- Main where he became a lonely, violent and unbefriended man who shared his bachelor's existence with a poodle named ' Atma', or 'world soul'. Wilde was certainly not violent, and he was only unbefriended and ...
Joseph Pearce, 2000
9
The Hastings Center Guidelines for Decisions on ...
See Decision-making; Right to refuse medical treatment; Withholding and withdrawing treatment “Unbefriended” patients. See Surrogate, for adult without decision-making capacity who lacks surrogate Uncompensated care, 192–95 ...
Nancy Berlinger, Bruce Jennings, Susan M. Wolf, 2013
10
Practical Ethics in Clinical Neurology: A Case-Based ...
KEyPOINts □□ All patients with impaired decision-making capacity, even those who are unbefriended, deserve to have their interests represented when important medical decisions are made. □□ Decision-making capacity is not an ...
Michael Williams, Dawn McGuire, Matthew Rizzo, 2012

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNBEFRIENDED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unbefriended is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Alzheimer's Epidemic Approaches as Marriage Rate Falls
One example of a proactive solution is the formation of guardianship programs by certain U.S. states for the "unbefriended elderly." Yet Volandes notes these ... «Big Think, Apr 15»
2
Dying, Demented and Alone
Some states have created guardianship programs to meet this need, often referred to as programs for the "unbefriended elderly." These programs are generally ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
3
Railway lines
Remembering his train-spotting days, at least one had brought pop and sandwiches. The unbefriended paid £2: memory line proved well worth the excursion. «The Northern Echo, Oct 14»
4
7 reasons you should care about your neighbor's marriage
According to a New York Times article, perhaps 4 percent of older adults are “the unbefriended elderly.” These people are facing critical health and financial ... «Washington Times, Aug 14»
5
Mahoney: James Street Baptists take church to people
The mentally ill, those struggling with substance abuse, the poor, those in crisis, the unbefriended, they are as enfolded as anyone else, says Don. They're key ... «Hamilton Spectator, Dec 13»
6
Hiring an End-of-Life Enforcer
The chilling dilemma of “the unbefriended elderly,” who don't have family or close friends to make medical decisions on their behalf if they can't speak for ... «New York Times, Oct 13»
7
When There's No Family
... percent of older adults are “the unbefriended elderly,” a chilling phrase referring to those who can't make decisions for themselves, have no advance directive ... «New York Times, Sep 13»
8
To 'unfriend' is not as new as it may seem
"Unbefriended" receives several citations in the OED , beginning in 1629, and there is a lone sighting of "unbefriend" from 1884: "And will not unbefriend the ... «Globe and Mail, Nov 09»
9
The heart tells its truths
... the heart-cry of parents estranged from children, and those which have been inspired by the plaintive lament of the lonely, the unbefriended and the rejected. «The Island, May 08»

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« EDUCALINGO. Unbefriended [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/unbefriended>. Apr 2024 ».
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