unsolicited
given or supplied without being requested or asked for: unsolicited advice.
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How to use unsolicited in a sentence
The friend whose mug I borrowed has given them as unsolicited wedding gifts — that’s how much she believes in them.
According to its report, the group said it heard “a significant number of consistent, unsolicited, and independent reports” about the strip-search and missing grievances.
The Way Prisoners Flag Guard Abuse, Inadequate Health Care and Unsanitary Conditions Is Broken | by Shannon Heffernan, WBEZ | December 2, 2020 | ProPublicaSeparately, we received an unsolicited e-mail from Hal Varian, the chief economist at Google.
Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 2: Digital) (Ep. 441) | Stephen J. Dubner | November 26, 2020 | FreakonomicsGerry Cohen had already voted, dropping off his state-issued ballot at his local post office, by the time the unsolicited mail ballot applications started showing up at his house in early September.
A Nonprofit With Ties to Democrats Is Sending Out Millions of Ballot Applications. Election Officials Wish It Would Stop. | by Joshua Eaton, Lauren Rosenthal and Thy Anh Vo | October 23, 2020 | ProPublicaAn ad-free model means the platform does not need to aggressively push unsolicited content from unsolicited sources.
3 reforms social media platforms should make in light of ‘The Social Dilemma’ | Walter Thompson | October 22, 2020 | TechCrunch
Here, courtesy of BuzzFeed, is how it feels to be on the end of unsolicited compliments and harassment.
What Does It Feel Like To Be Catcalled? | The Daily Beast Video | November 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat should the protocol be for engaging people on the street who offer unsolicited “compliments?”
I bridled, too, at the unsolicited advice she persisted in giving my friends.
Diane von Furstenberg: Becoming the Woman She Wanted to Be | Diane von Furstenberg | October 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMy much bigger collection, unsolicited, shows something real.
I pulled a Kanye and jumped up on stage, unsolicited and unashamed.
I am relating here just one little incident of help unsolicited that came in a crisis.
Paris Vistas | Helen Davenport GibbonsWhenever anybody gave that child a piece of unsolicited information he almost invariably replied, "I know."
The Regent | E. Arnold BennettHer character is so described, as to imply that hers were free, and often unsolicited charities.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II | Francis Augustus CoxFor a long period he did not call upon me again, and for my part, I felt no courage to return his unsolicited visit.
The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories | Algernon BlackwoodIt was unsolicited: Spohr himself had asked for the score; and this had a double or triple value to Wagner.
Richard Wagner | John F. Runciman
British Dictionary definitions for unsolicited
/ (ˌʌnsəˈlɪsɪtɪd) /
not requested or invited: unsolicited advice
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