uncalled-for

adj.

1. Not required or requested; unwanted: uncalled-for suggestions.
2. Not justified or deserved; unwarranted: uncalled-for rudeness.

adjective

1. Not necessary: dispensable, inessential, needless, nonessential, unessential, unnecessary, unneeded, unrequired. See necessary/unnecessary.
2. Not required, necessary, or warranted by the circumstances of the case: gratuitous, supererogative, supererogatory, wanton. See necessary/unnecessary.

Not justified, undeserved, as in That rude remark was uncalled for. [Early 1800s] Also see call for, def. 3.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: not required or requested

Meaning #2: unnecessary and unwarranted
  Synonyms: gratuitous, needless

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uhørt, unødig, uønsket, upåkrævet, ubetimelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
onnodig (m.n. kwetsend), ongevraagd/ongepast

Français (French)
adj. - déplacé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unangebracht, ungebührlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αδικαιολόγητος, άκαιρος, άσκοπος, περιττός, απρόκλητος

Italiano (Italian)
superfluo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - indesejado, importuno, desnecessário

Русский (Russian)
неуместный, незаслуженный, нетребуемый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - innecesario, inútil, fuera de lugar, impertinente, inapropiado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - opåkallad, omotiverad, obefogad, malplacerad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不必要的, 无理的, 多余的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不必要的, 無理的, 多餘的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 불필요한, 이유 없는, 주제넘은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 不必要な, 差し出がましい, いわれのない, 不当な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير ضروري, لا مبرر له, لا داعى له‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮(דבר) שלא נתבקש, לא-נחוץ, מיותר, גס‬

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