uninvited
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪnˈvaɪtɪd/
:
no invitado
- But, clean or dirty, the fact remains that it's rude to show up uninvited.
- an uninvited guest
- arrive uninvited
- uninvited calls
God knows who they are, an uninvited invader.
- God knows who they are, an uninvited invader.
- I feel like people forget that at the end of the day, a stranger shows up at your guys's house uninvited.
- There's one kind of an uninvited guest, but I can't, I don't have the heart to to tell them to leave.
- Oh oh oh he's uninvited you oh John what?
Examples
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Please, please forgive me for arriving uninvited.
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The highway patrolmen and firemen stood around with the blank heaviness of uninvited visitors who planned a long stay.
Fiction book (1996) -
Sorry for showing up like this, uninvited.
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Forgive me for coming to your house uninvited, but, William, I would speak with you.
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When Sky went to stay with her parents for the summer, Louis followed uninvited a few days later.
Fiction book (1994) -
Charlie, we got an uninvited visitor.
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I don't like people coming into my place uninvited.
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The icebox had enough food, and the cupboards were stocked in case of an uninvited guest.
Fiction book (1994) -
I’m sorry but Mr. DiSalvo does not accept any uninvited guests.
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I don't like people coming into my place uninvited.
Synonyms
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1.0
People do not like or need it
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4.3
Not wanted and causing upset or trouble
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4.5
Coming without telling anyone first
4
6.1
Given or done without anyone requesting it
2
3.8
Not wanted or welcome
1
6.2
Given to someone who does not want it
1
8.1
Not called or asked to come
How Welcome
Surface Forms
Morphology
uninvited = invited (transparent) = un + invite + ed
The meaning is directly compositional: 'un-' negates 'invited', yielding 'not invited' and by extension 'not welcome'.
Etymology
Uninvited is built from un- meaning 'not' and invite, which comes from an old word meaning 'to ask someone to come'. So something uninvited is 'not asked' and often arrives 'unexpected' or feels 'unwelcome'.