as in unwanted
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I always ignore uninvited advice
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Recent Examples of uninvited
The party takes a wrong turn when some uninvited folks come knocking at the door.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
While most responders have agreed that the image does indeed show a rat's tail, the tone of the thread has leaned heavily into levity, with Reddit users spinning jokes about the uninvited houseguest and theorizing about the rodent's intentions.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
Chat drops TikTok viewers directly into a friend group’s meltdown over an uninvited member to their girls night.
—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
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
While most responders have agreed that the image does indeed show a rat's tail, the tone of the thread has leaned heavily into levity, with Reddit users spinning jokes about the uninvited houseguest and theorizing about the rodent's intentions.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
Chat drops TikTok viewers directly into a friend group’s meltdown over an uninvited member to their girls night.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninvited
Adjective
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Mowing too little or too much can have adverse consequences for the health of the lawn and can also encourage unwanted plants to grow.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
11 May 2025
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Sellers can even leave the unwanted contents, saving time and expense.—
Archway Homes,
Kansas City Star,
11 May 2025
Adjective
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For students placed on the waitlist, this isn’t the opportunity to inundate admission officers with unsolicited information.—
Kristen Moon,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Legitimate tech support will never demand unsolicited screen access; terminate the call immediately if pressured. 10.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 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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By adjusting power consumption dynamically, the tool could help reduce unnecessary background activity and extend battery life—especially during idle periods or when apps are not in active use.—
Tahar Rajab,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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DeepMind reports that the AI created a change to the chip's Verilog hardware description language that dropped unnecessary bits to increase efficiency.—
Scharon Harding – May 14,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2025
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“Uninvited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninvited. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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