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Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–).  The Columbia Guide to Standard American English.  1993.
 
unwonted, unwanted (adjs.)
 
 
Unwonted has three Standard pronunciations, at least one of which is a homophone of unwanted: unwonted’s stressed middle syllable can rhyme with want, gaunt, or won’t, and it means “rare, uncommon, not customary”: His unwonted enthusiasm was embarrassing. Unwanted means “not needed, undesirable, unwished for”: Her interference was both unwonted and unwanted.  1
 
 
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