as in unwanted
not searched or asked for
the family received enough unsolicited donations to get back on their feet
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Recent Examples of unsolicited
Joking about the unfiltered — and often unsolicited — advice her mom has given them over the years, Kardashian, 40, revealed one particularly embarrassing moment.
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Liza Esquibias, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
On Saturday, a developer using Cursor AI for a racing game project hit an unexpected roadblock when the programming assistant abruptly refused to continue generating code, instead offering some unsolicited career advice.
—Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
Be suspicious of unsolicited phone calls and text messages.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025
The Better Business Bureau advises consumers to be wary of unsolicited calls from people claiming to be with the College Board.
—Jan Diaz, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
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Liza Esquibias, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
On Saturday, a developer using Cursor AI for a racing game project hit an unexpected roadblock when the programming assistant abruptly refused to continue generating code, instead offering some unsolicited career advice.
—Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
Be suspicious of unsolicited phone calls and text messages.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025
The Better Business Bureau advises consumers to be wary of unsolicited calls from people claiming to be with the College Board.
—Jan Diaz, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsolicited
Adjective
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This helps control unwanted greenery and provides nutrients to promote spring growth.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2025
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The pest controller spends his days criss-crossing Britain’s second-largest city to remove rats, cockroaches and other unwanted creatures from people’s homes.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Today, with nary a silverfish, cockroach, or other uninvited creature in sight, my wife and I revere spiders as our saviors.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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When the door remains open, guests frequently walk into our quarters — uninvited, even in the middle of dinner — and interrupt us.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This approach creates artificial constraints on our electrical grid and costs consumers billions through unnecessary transmission congestion.—
Anna Broughel,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Tourism is not the only factor affecting water supplies in onsen towns, according to Otsuka, who said that corroded pipes and aging pumping infrastructure contributed to an unnecessary loss of water.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Every unasked question, every idea left unspoken, every risk avoided—those are all missed chances for growth.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes,
1 Dec. 2024
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These questions are left unasked in favor of broad, ponderous statements about good versus evil.—
Marya E. Gates,
IndieWire,
21 Nov. 2024
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“Unsolicited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsolicited. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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