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unsolicited

adj.
C1 Advanced US //ˌənsəˈɫɪsɪtɪd// UK //ʌnsəlˈɪsɪtɪd// un·so·licit·ed

adj. not asked for and often not wanted. You use this to describe things like advice or emails that arrive when you did not request them.

adj. given or supplied without being requested or invited. Often carries a negative connotation of being intrusive or unwelcome.


SIMPLE

I keep getting unsolicited emails from companies I don't know.

CONTEXTUAL

She found it difficult to stay polite when her neighbors offered unsolicited advice on how to raise her children.

COMPLEX

The legal department warned that accepting unsolicited manuscripts could expose the publishing house to future claims of intellectual property theft if a similar story were later developed internally.

Synonyms
Origin

From un- + solicited.

Usage

Typically used attributively before a noun; frequently collocates with 'advice', 'feedback', or 'commercial email'.

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