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also unbid
as in unwanted
not searched or asked for
she arrived, unbidden, to help out at the Red Cross center
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Recent Examples of unbidden
To be clear, expecting a union to fairly represent even nonmembers isn’t a burden imposed unbidden on an unwilling victim.
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Jeff Rhodes, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
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
Standards from every period of our lives remain cross-indexed in our brains to be called up in whole, or in part, or, in fact, to come to mind unbidden.
—E.l. Doctorow, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Eliza Barry Callahan’s The Hearing Test seems to be about a temporary loss of hearing but is actually one woman’s rehearsal for the losses that come, unbidden, for us all.
—The New York Review of Books, 29 Nov. 2024
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Jeff Rhodes, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
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
Standards from every period of our lives remain cross-indexed in our brains to be called up in whole, or in part, or, in fact, to come to mind unbidden.
—E.l. Doctorow, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Eliza Barry Callahan’s The Hearing Test seems to be about a temporary loss of hearing but is actually one woman’s rehearsal for the losses that come, unbidden, for us all.
—The New York Review of Books, 29 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbidden
Adjective
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The new policy hopes to use data to determine where unwanted items most often end up.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Pest Control Dealing with unwanted ants in the home or other pesky insects, specifically within your household plants?—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Platform Ventures did not disclose who made the unsolicited offer.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
23 Jan. 2026
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During those conversations, Wilson confessed to killing two women and provided graphic, unsolicited details about how the crimes occurred, according to court testimony.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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This reduces reverse logistics costs, eliminates unnecessary carbon emissions and ensures those items serve a purpose locally.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Feb. 2026
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In the end, Johnson relied on a combination of White House pressure, late-night negotiations and a reluctant coalition of Republicans and Democrats who agreed that prolonging the shutdown would inflict unnecessary harm on federal workers and the broader economy.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Hot water is a great way to clean sheets that are heavily soiled, to get rid of uninvited guests like bed bugs or lice, or to kill dust mites.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
22 Jan. 2026
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The intensity is caused by the unwanted, uninvited people that are here in the form of ICE.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Previous iterations of the program have struggled to follow instructions and often make unasked-for changes.—
Anders Hagstrom,
FOXNews.com,
16 Dec. 2025
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Finally, a bit of unasked for advice to all burgeoning pop music stars whose life could become a jukebox musical: maybe go on tour a little bit less?—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
30 July 2025
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