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What does unwished-for mean?

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Naturally, every attempt should be made to make European policy more efficient, but this should not lead to unwished-for concentrations of power.
No stray, unwished-for visitor ever got to the master to rob him of his rest when he was at home.
Both ways, however, need a certain amount of openness in case the result is unexpected or the unwished-for.
The unwished-for hospitality of a tiresome old lady, on the other hand, must be repaid dutifully several times over.
Reading this, I reflected deeply on my own impatience and resolved to accept the unwished-for ascesis as necessary to my own inner healing.
It would be the last before the arrival of the unwished-for visitors, and they wanted to make the most of it.

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