unsolicited en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌʌnsəˈlɪsɪtɪd/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English solicited English unsolicited From un- + solicited.
Meanings
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Not requested; neither welcomed nor invited.
People have become very frustrated with unsolicited sales calls.
Mr. Hankwitz’s endorsement of Betterment was unsolicited, but the power of so-called finfluencers like him has not gone unnoticed.
2021 April 28, Tara Siegel Bernard, “Trading Stock Tips on TikTok, Newbies Are Deeply Invested in Learning”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2021:In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.
2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2023, page 74:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unsolicited | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unsolicited | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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Translations (25)
el απαρακάλεστος (not requested, welcome or invited) · cs nevyžádaný (not requested, welcome or invited) · hu kéretlen (not requested, welcome or invited) · tr istenmemiş (not requested, welcome or invited) · fr volontaire (not requested, welcome or invited) · bg непоискан (not requested, welcome or invited) · fi pyytämätön (not requested, welcome or invited) · lv nevēlams (not requested, welcome or invited) · ru непрошеный (not requested, welcome or invited) · sv oombedd (not requested, welcome or invited) · de unerbeten (not requested, welcome or invited) · sh neželjen (not requested, welcome or invited) · lv neprasīts (not requested, welcome or invited) · de unaufgefordert (not requested, welcome or invited) · nb uoppfordret (not requested, welcome or invited) · de unverlangt (not requested, welcome or invited) · tr istenmeyen (not requested, welcome or invited) · sv oönskad (not requested, welcome or invited) · lv nelūgts (not requested, welcome or invited) · cs nežádaný (not requested, welcome or invited) · nb uønsket (not requested, welcome or invited) · fr spontané (not requested, welcome or invited) · da uopfordret (not requested, welcome or invited) · ka მოულოდნელი (not requested, welcome or invited) · sh netražen (not requested, welcome or invited)