unsolicited
adjective
un·so·lic·it·ed
ˌən-sə-ˈli-sə-təd 
: not asked for or requested : not solicited
unsolicited advice
unsolicited email
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the family received enough unsolicited donations to get back on their feet
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Other red flags include unsolicited offers, pressuring homeowners to pay in cash or to write checks to individuals, along with a lack of a contractor's license or other credentials.
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Tim Fang, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
But unsolicited baked goods may cause too many problems at a children’s party.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
And it was resisted even after Gloria promised that a developer’s unsolicited effort to build 900 homes there would never be approved.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Suddenly, for the first time, WBD was calling Paramount the frontrunner in a competition that Ellison started last summer by going to Zaslav with an unsolicited bid for the much bigger media company.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
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Tim Fang, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
But unsolicited baked goods may cause too many problems at a children’s party.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
And it was resisted even after Gloria promised that a developer’s unsolicited effort to build 900 homes there would never be approved.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Suddenly, for the first time, WBD was calling Paramount the frontrunner in a competition that Ellison started last summer by going to Zaslav with an unsolicited bid for the much bigger media company.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unsolicited
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“Unsolicited.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsolicited. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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