unsolicited

English

Etymology

un- +‎ solicited

Pronunciation

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Adjective

unsolicited (comparative more unsolicited, superlative most unsolicited)

1. Not requested, welcome or invited.
   • 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist‎^[1], 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

• Czech: nevyžádaný, nežádaný
• Danish: uopfordret
• Finnish: pyytämätön
• French: volontaire (fr), spontané (fr)
• Georgian: მოულოდნელი (moulodneli)
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• Latvian: nelūgts, neprasīts, nevēlams
• Norwegian Bokmål: uoppfordret, uønsket (no)
• Russian: непрошеный (ru) (neprošenyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: netražen, neželjen (sh)