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US
/ˌənsəˈɫɪsɪtɪd/
]
[ UK /ʌnsəlˈɪsɪtɪd/ ]
[ UK /ʌnsəlˈɪsɪtɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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not requested or sought
advice unasked for can be greatly resented
unsolicited junk mail
unasked-for advice
How To Use unsolicited In A Sentence
- Be cautious: many busy prospective employers are turned off by unsolicited phone calls.
- I should perhaps say this is an unsolicited testimonial - I don't do the requested kind.
- Had he done so he might not have sent his rallying call unsolicited to MPs to coincide with Carers Week. Hugh Muir's Diary
- Spam is unsolicited commercial email - the on-line equivalent of junk mail.
- Then there's "smishing" - unsolicited text messages that either download malware or try to prompt you to give up your personal information or credit-card number. MarketWatch.com - Top Stories
- Day after day, my wife and I receive unsolicited offers for credit cards, home equity loans and cash advances.
- Lavinia and Camilla, perfectly relieved now from all fears for their brother, repaired to the study of their father, anxious to endeavour to chear him, and to accelerate a meeting and reconciliation for Lionel; but they found him desirous to be alone, though kindly, and unsolicited, he promised to admit his son before dinner. Camilla
- The slush pile, she explained, showing dimples, was what they called the heap of unsolicited manuscripts that dropped through their letter-box day by day. Longshot
- And it's up to each of us to protect our own little corner of cyberspace, by patching our software and being wary of unsolicited e-mail.
- Here is some unsolicited advice for the Obama administration: you essentially have four days to put US involvement in the Libya war on a path that doesn't look like open-ended quagmire. Robert Naiman: When the House Comes Back, You're Gonna Get in Trouble