unwelcome
adjective
un·wel·come
ˌən-ˈwel-kəm 
: not wanted or welcome
unwelcome news
an unwelcome guest
Examples of unwelcome in a Sentence
the unwelcome news ruined what had been a fine day
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Creeks and rivers in northern NSW were expected to flood, threatening an unwelcome return to scenes of 2022 when heavy rain saw several rivers burst their banks.
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Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
DeSantis said Thursday that the state was examining its jurisdiction regarding the brothers’ conduct, emphasizing that such behavior is unwelcome in Florida.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
Some of those flaws no doubt stemmed from the fact that director Bryan Forbes and screenwriter William Goldman famously clashed over Forbes' unwelcome rewrites and decision to cast his own wife as Carol.
—Ars Technica, 23 Feb. 2025
While unwelcome, this might have been dismissed as a fickle and politically inflected data series had it not been preceded by Walmart’s cautious first-quarter guidance, the shortfall in January retail sales, a soft services-sector gauge and rollovers in some travel-and-dining stocks.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
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Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
DeSantis said Thursday that the state was examining its jurisdiction regarding the brothers’ conduct, emphasizing that such behavior is unwelcome in Florida.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
Some of those flaws no doubt stemmed from the fact that director Bryan Forbes and screenwriter William Goldman famously clashed over Forbes' unwelcome rewrites and decision to cast his own wife as Carol.
—Ars Technica, 23 Feb. 2025
While unwelcome, this might have been dismissed as a fickle and politically inflected data series had it not been preceded by Walmart’s cautious first-quarter guidance, the shortfall in January retail sales, a soft services-sector gauge and rollovers in some travel-and-dining stocks.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Unwelcome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unwelcome. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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