unwelcome
adjective
un·wel·come
ˌən-ˈwel-kəm 
: not wanted or welcome
unwelcome news
an unwelcome guest
Examples of unwelcome in a Sentence
the unwelcome news ruined what had been a fine day
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The filing describes a workplace culture in which raising safety issues was unwelcome, ultimately culminating in what the plaintiff calls a retaliatory firing.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Nov. 2025
Trump convincing the Ellisons to make a new installment of Rush Hour, whose broad racial humor might have been unwelcome a few years ago (if not much earlier), may be one of the capstones of his cultural influence as president this time around.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
In those early years following the great Indian Partition, families drifted about, mothers dead, fathers dead, murdered for religion’s sake, for politics, unwelcome children without parents thrown on some relative’s mercy.
—Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
In a typical setback, Tess learns that she’s been passed over for the executive training program (penalized for rebuffing a superior’s unwelcome advances, to be precise).
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 Nov. 2025
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Nov. 2025
Trump convincing the Ellisons to make a new installment of Rush Hour, whose broad racial humor might have been unwelcome a few years ago (if not much earlier), may be one of the capstones of his cultural influence as president this time around.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
In those early years following the great Indian Partition, families drifted about, mothers dead, fathers dead, murdered for religion’s sake, for politics, unwelcome children without parents thrown on some relative’s mercy.
—Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
In a typical setback, Tess learns that she’s been passed over for the executive training program (penalized for rebuffing a superior’s unwelcome advances, to be precise).
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unwelcome
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“Unwelcome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unwelcome. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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