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un·so·lic·it·ed

  [uhn-suh-lis-i-tid]
adjective
given or supplied without being requested or asked for: unsolicited advice.
Origin:
un-1 + solicited
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  • The magazine cannot return or respond to unsolicited manuscripts.
  • We get letters of all kinds addressed to the sixth floor: complaints, fan mail, unsolicited manuscripts and story ideas.
  • There needs to be some point of defining what unsolicited commercial e-mail is.
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unsolicited (ˌʌnsəˈlɪsɪtɪd)
 
—adj
not requested or invited: unsolicited advice

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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unsolicited
1588, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of solicit.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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