unasked-for en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + asked for.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not asked for.
It’s quite true that the greatest friend is the one who will provide unasked-for reassurance the morning after the night before, as the novelist Beryl Bainbridge once described of her pal Bernice Rubens: […]
2018 September 20, Alex Clark, “The ability to forgive is a forgotten virtue in bitter times”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2018:A few months ago, the Belkin_G-Plus_MIMO network changed its name and gained a padlock icon in my computer’s list of available connections. Then — crickets. The era of unintentional, unasked-for or simply unacknowledged Internet sharing, it seemed, had come to an end.
2011 January 14, Helen Rubinstein, “Won’t You Be My Wireless Neighbor?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2018:We smiled through our tears as our server placed an unasked-for glass of Thai iced tea in front of Brandt.
2011 December 6, Jessica Gelt, “Restaurant Diary: Tears and beers at Jitlada”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2022:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| unasked for | alternative | lexicographic |