How to Use unwelcome in a Sentence

unwelcome

adjective
Definition of unwelcomenext
Synonyms for unwelcomenext
  • Worse, an unwelcome guest and the guest who is footing the bill.
    — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The sheik does not want the unwelcome news of his brother’s return to reach the rest of the village.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The pop icon has been open about feeling unwelcome in the genre.
    — Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2024
  • There is no more unwelcome house guest than a group of gnats.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 19 July 2022
  • Rights groups argue this is an unwelcome resurgence of a trend best left in the past.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The new report is the latest unwelcome news for NSO Group.
    — Alan Suderman, ajc, 24 Aug. 2021
  • In this landscape of strong and powerful athletes, the specter of the weak and evil man is unwelcome.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The attention, while keeping the team in the news of late, has been unwelcome for Gutierrez.
    — Jose M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2020
  • And then, like an unwelcome delivery from the metaphor store, Biden caught Covid-19.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2022
  • That might only be the start of an unwelcome upward trend.
    — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Among the unwelcome surprises is a sense of isolation, from the rest of the world and from each other.
    — Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2020
  • On a night of surprises, this was a most unwelcome one.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The eight penalties were unwelcome but other than that there isn’t much to complain about.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2022
  • But this unwelcome attention to the last drops of his food makes my stomach churn.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2021
  • And the pandemic closure, while unwelcome, gave the owners a chance to rethink the menu.
    — Rick Nelson, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021
  • Many in your nieces' age group seem to treat talking on the phone as an unwelcome intrusion.
    — Amy Dickinson, Star Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Farmer: Changes in policy and laws – that were, by the way, very unwelcome, often.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2020
  • But right now, the City of Light is dealing with very unwelcome visitors: bed bugs.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Harry says William and Kate acted in ways that made Meghan feel unwelcome.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The trial looms as an unwelcome distraction for the Biden team.
    — Jonathan Lemire, ajc, 23 Jan. 2021
  • Racist route names are yet another way that many are made to feel unwelcome.
    — Ikya Kandula, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2020
  • And that’s unwelcome news for many of its closest partners.
    — Christian Catalini, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • But for the rest of the world, the greenback's resurgence is a largely unwelcome development.
    — Chelsey Dulaney, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2023
  • That’s unwelcome news for the thousands of bar owners whose doors remain locked.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2020
  • De Niro and one of his daughters were reportedly elsewhere in the home at the time and were unaware of their unwelcome guest.
    — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Carey plays the president of the PTA and tries to make Kristen feel as unwelcome as possible.
    — Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Min, the state senator, said the Si family should not have been made to feel unsafe and unwelcome in their own home.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Many people in your nieces’ age group seem to treat talking on the phone as an unwelcome intrusion.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Many people in your nieces' age group seem to treat talking on the phone as an unwelcome intrusion.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 11 Oct. 2020
  • There is something uncomfortable, but not at all unwelcome, in hearing Superman struggle to breathe.
    — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024

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