as in unwanted
not searched or asked for
received a lot of unasked advice on the project
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Recent Examples of unasked
These questions are left unasked in favor of broad, ponderous statements about good versus evil.
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Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2024
Keeping your baby's name a secret will prevent those awkward conversations about the name’s meaning and cut down on opportunities for friends and family members to butt in with their own—unasked for—name suggestions.
—Casey Clark, Parents, 23 July 2024
Unfortunately, these questions have been left largely unasked.
—Takashi Yokota, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2012
All the donor questions were left unasked and unanswered.
—Yasmeen Abutaleb, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
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Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2024
Keeping your baby's name a secret will prevent those awkward conversations about the name’s meaning and cut down on opportunities for friends and family members to butt in with their own—unasked for—name suggestions.
—Casey Clark, Parents, 23 July 2024
Unfortunately, these questions have been left largely unasked.
—Takashi Yokota, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2012
All the donor questions were left unasked and unanswered.
—Yasmeen Abutaleb, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unasked
Adjective
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The inspection service recommends that unwanted packages be returned to the sender, if a return address is available.—
Laura Daniella Sepulveda,
AZCentral.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The club has spent the summer attempting to move on five unwanted players from the first-team squad.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Now a mother herself, Anna navigates raising her free-spirited teenage daughter Harper (played by Julia Butters), finding a new romance with fellow single parent Eric (played by Manny Jacinto) and the ongoing (and sometimes unsolicited) advice from her mom Tess (Curtis).—
Jeff Conway,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The most common complaint on the app seems to surround men sending unsolicited nude pictures or pressuring women to send their own.—
Fortesa Latifi,
Rolling Stone,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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To be clear, expecting a union to fairly represent even nonmembers isn’t a burden imposed unbidden on an unwilling victim.—
Jeff Rhodes,
Oc Register,
30 July 2025
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The answer comes to her unbidden — as Polly One (Exarchopoulos) leans over the bar, Jess sees the name FELIX tramp-stamped on her back.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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Nava said another key part of his work this year is tamping down any unnecessary fears and countering misinformation posted on social media and spread amongst farm workers in WhatsApp groups.—
David Culver,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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Refuse receptacles/compactor and surrounding enclosure is not clean and/or free of unnecessary items and litter.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Perfect conditions for all those uninvited volunteers.—
Paul Cappiello,
The Courier-Journal,
15 Aug. 2025
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What exactly is provided to those uninvited lenders?—
Jeff Lazerson,
Oc Register,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Unasked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unasked. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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