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also unbid
as in unwanted
not searched or asked for
she arrived, unbidden, to help out at the Red Cross center
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Recent Examples of unbidden
And like Peter Falk’s immortal gumshoe, Elsbeth — who will insert herself unbidden into an investigation — asks a lot of questions, some merely out of curiosity.
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
Haley is the only female candidate in the G.O.P. primary, a fact that many voters in New Hampshire told me, unbidden, they were drawn to.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2023
What is so remarkable here is that hundreds of readers had civil discourse unbidden.
—Cquinn, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
Some users, when confronted by Guy’s unbidden tweets in their timelines, chose to attack him or mock him to their followers, tagging him in.
—WIRED, 27 Jan. 2023
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
Haley is the only female candidate in the G.O.P. primary, a fact that many voters in New Hampshire told me, unbidden, they were drawn to.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2023
What is so remarkable here is that hundreds of readers had civil discourse unbidden.
—Cquinn, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
Some users, when confronted by Guy’s unbidden tweets in their timelines, chose to attack him or mock him to their followers, tagging him in.
—WIRED, 27 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbidden
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Having too many feeders can attract unwanted wildlife, spread disease, and cause overcrowding.Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2024
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The speakers can be purchased with the same stands developed for the 2019 Linton which position them at the correct height and dampen unwanted vibrations.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Not holding my breath for Mike Johnson or Elise Stefanik to state the obvious that this is unacceptable, dangerous, & shameful.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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An American president who thinks strategically would likely conclude that the risks and costs associated with tariffs-as-a-tactic would be remarkably high, if not unacceptable.Samuel Gregg, National Review, 1 Nov. 2024
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To some, however, the unsolicited messages are not just annoying, but somewhat alarming because, in some cases, the senders — strangers — seem to know an awful lot of what seems like personal information.Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2024
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On action-adventure week, Berenson pitched a concept that had come in, unsolicited, from a writer named David D’Alessandro.Mark Oppenheimer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
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This proactive assessment prevents feature creep and unnecessary platform lock-in while keeping core services lean and performant.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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To top it all off, companies such as Razer find ways to squeeze RGB lights into unnecessary places so that devices spew out rainbows.Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
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Unfortunately, our favorite cozy time of year also comes with an uninvited guest: cold, flu, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season.Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 25 Oct. 2024
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There are no managers, teams, or uninvited guests allowed.Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
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Keeping your baby's name a secret will prevent those awkward conversations about the name’s meaning and cut down on opportunities for friends and family members to butt in with their own—unasked for—name suggestions.Casey Clark, Parents, 23 July 2024
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Unfortunately, these questions have been left largely unasked.Takashi Yokota, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2012
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On the 21st of April, only a third of the way through spring, our 88 degrees may have seemed thermal precocity, an unsought rush to summer.Martin Weil, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2023
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The Sugarplum Fairy, after an unsought interregnum, is presiding over the Land of Sweets at the New York City Ballet.Michael Paulson, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
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“Unbidden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbidden. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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