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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neželan",
"sense": "not wanted",
"word": "нежелан"
},
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"sense": "not wanted",
"word": "ei-toivottu"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "not wanted",
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"sense": "not wanted",
"word": "ἀθέλητος"
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"sense": "not wanted",
"word": "indesiderato"
},
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"sense": "not wanted",
"word": "gyn yeearree"
},
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"sense": "not wanted",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not wanted",
"word": "oönskad"
},
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"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "akāṅkṣitamu",
"sense": "not wanted",
"word": "అకాంక్షితము"
},
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not wanted",
"word": "istenmeyen"
}
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}
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"sense": "not wanted",
"word": "ei-toivottu"
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{
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"sense": "not wanted",
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"sense": "not wanted",
"word": "ungewollt"
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"sense": "not wanted",
"word": "ανεπιθύμητος"
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"word": "ἀθέλητος"
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"sense": "not wanted",
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"sense": "not wanted",
"word": "gyn yeearree"
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"sense": "not wanted",
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"sense": "not wanted",
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"sense": "not wanted",
"word": "нежела́емый"
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"sense": "not wanted",
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"sense": "not wanted",
"word": "oönskad"
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"roman": "akāṅkṣitamu",
"sense": "not wanted",
"word": "అకాంక్షితము"
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