unreturned
Still not back
Unreturned describes something given, sent, or offered that hasn't come back.
Phone calls go unreturned when no one calls back.
Love can be unreturned—felt by one person but not reciprocated: His affection remained unreturned.
Library books left unreturned accumulate fines.
The word often carries a note of disappointment or neglect.
Not returned in kind
- one-sidedUnfairly weighted toward one
- unansweredLacking any response
- unacknowledgedNot formally recognized
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
rebuffed · spurned · unreciprocated · lovesick · yearning · longing · pining · heartache
Lacking any response
- unacknowledgedNot formally recognized
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
- unrespondedLacking a reply
- pendingAwaiting resolution or decision
awaiting · voicemail · email · letter · message · call · text · inquiry
Past expected arrival
- owedHad a debt
- outstandingExceptionally good or unpaid
- unretrievedNot gotten back
- keptDidn't give away
withheld · undelivered · unclaimed · library · rental · loaned · lent · deposit
Not present, whereabouts unknown
- misplacedPut in wrong location
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- goneNo longer present
- disappearedCeased to exist visibly
unrecovered · irretrievable · unrecoverable · untraceable · unfound · strayed · misdirected · abandoned
unrequited
Not returned in kind
- one-sidedUnfairly weighted toward one
- unansweredLacking any response
- unacknowledgedNot formally recognized
ignored · rebuffed · spurned · unreciprocated · lovesick · yearning · longing · pining · heartache · infatuation
unanswered
Lacking any response
- unacknowledgedNot formally recognized
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
- unrespondedLacking a reply
pending · awaiting · voicemail · email · letter · message · call · text · inquiry · RSVP
overdue
Past expected arrival
- owedHad a debt
- outstandingExceptionally good or unpaid
- unretrievedNot gotten back
kept · withheld · undelivered · unclaimed · library · rental · loaned · lent · deposit · unpaid
missing
Not present, whereabouts unknown
disappeared · unrecovered · irretrievable · unrecoverable · untraceable · unfound · strayed · misdirected · abandoned · orphaned
unreturnedreturned
Went back again
reciprocated · given back · sent back · repaid · requited