Apps keep reinstalling!

Hi all, I'm having a strange problem with apps that keep reinstalling themselves. One day, I noticed that after syncing, I saw apps that I thought I had uninstalled ages ago. I went into itunes, unchecked them, and resynced. Sometime later, I noticed they all came back again! I again went through the process of unchecking. I tried syncing a few times to see if they would come back and they didn't so I thought it was over. Now a couple weeks go by and they are all back again! Very annoying! Any ideas?

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