unsolicited

unsolicited

English

Etymology

un- +‎ solicited

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌnsəˈlɪsɪtɪd/
• Hyphenation: un‧so‧li‧cit‧ed

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Adjective

unsolicited (comparative more unsolicited, superlative most unsolicited)

1. Not requested, welcomed nor invited.
   • 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist‎, volume 407, number 8837, page 74:

     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.

   People have become very frustrated with unsolicited sales calls.

Antonyms

• solicited

Translations

not requested, welcome or invited

Bulgarian: непоискан (bg) (nepoiskan) Czech: nevyžádaný, nežádaný Danish: uopfordret Finnish: pyytämätön French: volontaire (fr), spontané (fr) German: unaufgefordert (de), unerbeten, unverlangt (de) Greek: απαρακάλεστος (el) (aparakálestos) Georgian: მოულოდნელი (moulodneli) Hungarian: kéretlen (hu) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Latvian: nelūgts, neprasīts, nevēlams Norwegian Bokmål: uoppfordret, uønsket (no) Russian: непрошеный (ru) (neprošenyj) Serbo-Croatian: netražen, neželjen (sh) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: oönskad (sv), oombedd (sv) Turkish: istenmemiş (tr), istenmeyen (tr)