as in unwanted
not searched or asked for
the family received enough unsolicited donations to get back on their feet
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Recent Examples of unsolicited
Keyboard busybodies, naturally, expressed their unsolicited opinions in the comments section.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
And that price was years of unsolicited advice.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 14 Aug. 2025
The bid for Chrome, which came unsolicited, is higher than Perplexity’s $18 billion valuation in July, but the firm said investors have agreed to back the deal.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2025
This is an unsolicited offer, and there's no indication that Google will jump at the chance to sell Chrome as soon as the ruling drops.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2025
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
And that price was years of unsolicited advice.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 14 Aug. 2025
The bid for Chrome, which came unsolicited, is higher than Perplexity’s $18 billion valuation in July, but the firm said investors have agreed to back the deal.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2025
This is an unsolicited offer, and there's no indication that Google will jump at the chance to sell Chrome as soon as the ruling drops.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsolicited
Adjective
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Check these tasks off your fall to-do list to prevent unwanted critters from sneaking inside.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Sep. 2025
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And, perhaps most dangerous still, these dreams of modernity shine an unwanted light on the futile hardship of the family’s status quo.—
Adam Solomons,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Fringe dates back to 1947, when eight theater groups turned up at the Edinburgh International Festival uninvited.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
25 Aug. 2025
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According to Costello, Johnson was a frequent uninvited guest in offensive backfields during practice.—
Hunter Mulholland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Brown dropped an easy pass, then also failed to get upfield on a different third-down throw that put the offense in an unnecessary fourth-down situation.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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If only the series had more faith in its viewers to appreciate that vision without the unnecessary noise of a biker gang spinning its wheels.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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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Meanwhile, key questions go unasked and unanswered.—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2025
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“Unsolicited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsolicited. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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