as in unwanted
not searched or asked for
received a lot of unasked advice on the project
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Recent Examples of unasked
All the donor questions were left unasked and unanswered.
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Yasmeen Abutaleb, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
None of the results are pleasant: questions unasked and unanswered, authority unchallenged, news deserts, and growing difficulty determining what’s actually true.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
The previously unasked questions about Nepalese holdings at LACMA, either donated by patrons or financed through their support, go beyond Phillips.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
Worse, in exchange for unprecedented access, the Isaacson Accord demands that a lot of the most difficult and pressing questions go unasked and, therefore, unanswered.
—Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
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Yasmeen Abutaleb, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
None of the results are pleasant: questions unasked and unanswered, authority unchallenged, news deserts, and growing difficulty determining what’s actually true.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
The previously unasked questions about Nepalese holdings at LACMA, either donated by patrons or financed through their support, go beyond Phillips.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
Worse, in exchange for unprecedented access, the Isaacson Accord demands that a lot of the most difficult and pressing questions go unasked and, therefore, unanswered.
—Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unasked
Adjective
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The pest controller spends his days criss-crossing Britain’s second-largest city to remove rats, cockroaches and other unwanted creatures from people’s homes.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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This helps control unwanted greenery and provides nutrients to promote spring growth.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Despite the protestations of her strategist Mark, Hillary calls in her estranged husband, Bill, welcoming his offer of campaign funds but not his unsolicited advice.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article The Elizabeth School District has yet to return 19 books that a federal judge last month ordered be put back on library shelves as district leaders appeal the ruling — and despite a law firm’s unsolicited donation of the titles in question.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Standards from every period of our lives remain cross-indexed in our brains to be called up in whole, or in part, or, in fact, to come to mind unbidden.—
E.L. Doctorow,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Every screen suddenly has a logo either urging the user to try an A.I. service or signaling that an A.I. product has been delivered unbidden.—
Tom Scocca,
airmail.news,
5 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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The council said it's made a reasonable offer, that cuts would only affect a small number of jobs and the jobs being eliminated are unnecessary.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Apr. 2025
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Stay hydrated: Thirst can sometimes be mistaken for hunger, so drink enough water throughout the day to avoid unnecessary cravings.—
Johna Burdeos,
Health,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Today, with nary a silverfish, cockroach, or other uninvited creature in sight, my wife and I revere spiders as our saviors.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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When the door remains open, guests frequently walk into our quarters — uninvited, even in the middle of dinner — and interrupt us.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Unasked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unasked. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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