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I always ignore uninvited advice
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Recent Examples of uninvited
Chat drops TikTok viewers directly into a friend group’s meltdown over an uninvited member to their girls night.
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
There was a centrist backlash, for instance, when a pair of House liberals stormed into Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) office, uninvited, to protest Elon Musk’s efforts to gut federal agencies.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 30 Mar. 2025
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
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
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
There was a centrist backlash, for instance, when a pair of House liberals stormed into Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) office, uninvited, to protest Elon Musk’s efforts to gut federal agencies.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 30 Mar. 2025
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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninvited
Adjective
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Some of his misery has resulted from brilliant deflections or bad bounces off of his defencemen, but Hellebuyck is responsible for enough of his problems to earn the unwanted attention.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Dating is replete with awkward moments, from overcompensating for unwanted pauses in conversation to missing social cues to basic miscommunications and misunderstandings.—
Myisha Battle,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Once the money was transferred to the foundation, the board received unsolicited requests from two nonprofits that had already donated to Keep Florida Clean, which was fighting Amendment 3 that would have legalized recreational marijuana.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2025
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Sitting in on dates, offering unsolicited commentary, and, yes, sometimes throwing a whole wrench in a budding connection—all in the name of love and legacy.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Every screen suddenly has a logo either urging the user to try an A.I. service or signaling that an A.I. product has been delivered unbidden.—
Tom Scocca,
airmail.news,
5 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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And with both parties’ primaries rendered unnecessary, the state is gearing up for a prolonged general.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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For example, when commuting in the city, only one or two people may be in the car at a time, making large, heavy vehicles unnecessary.—
The Editors,
Robb Report,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Uninvited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninvited. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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