unsolicited

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ solicited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌnsəˈlɪsɪtɪd/

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• Hyphenation: un‧so‧li‧cit‧ed

Adjective

unsolicited (comparative more unsolicited, superlative most unsolicited)

1. Not requested, welcomed nor invited.

   People have become very frustrated with unsolicited sales calls.

   • 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.

Antonyms

• solicited

Translations

not requested, welcome or invited

• Bulgarian: непоискан (bg) (nepoiskan)
• Czech: nevyžádaný, nežádaný
• Danish: uopfordret
• Finnish: pyytämätön
• French: volontaire (fr), spontané (fr)
• Georgian: მოულოდნელი (moulodneli)
• German: unaufgefordert (de), unerbeten, unverlangt (de)
• Greek: απαρακάλεστος (el) (aparakálestos)
• Hungarian: kéretlen (hu)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: nelūgts, neprasīts, nevēlams
• Norwegian Bokmål: uoppfordret, uønsket (no)
• Russian: непрошеный (ru) (neprošenyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: netražen, neželjen (sh)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: oönskad (sv), oombedd (sv)
• Turkish: istenmemiş (tr), istenmeyen (tr)