unsolicited
adjective
un·so·lic·it·ed
ˌən-sə-ˈli-sə-təd 
: not asked for or requested : not solicited
unsolicited advice
unsolicited email
Examples of unsolicited in a Sentence
the family received enough unsolicited donations to get back on their feet
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Longtime Puppy Bowl referee and animal rescue advocate Dan Schachner has one sure-thing bet before Super Sunday: Strangers will drop unsolicited DMs into his Instagram account seeking top dog intel.
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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
One woman is seeking advice from the Reddit community after reaching her breaking point with her mother-in-law’s unsolicited advice.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
A bit of detective work ascertained its surprising provenance: The crate was an unsolicited donation from eccentric wrestling fanatic and convicted murderer John du Pont, an heir to the chemical company fortune who had attended UM decades earlier.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
Alford made an interesting comment, unsolicited, about Boyd, SDSU’s transfer point guard who came from a Florida Atlantic program that reached the 2023 Final Four.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
One woman is seeking advice from the Reddit community after reaching her breaking point with her mother-in-law’s unsolicited advice.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
A bit of detective work ascertained its surprising provenance: The crate was an unsolicited donation from eccentric wrestling fanatic and convicted murderer John du Pont, an heir to the chemical company fortune who had attended UM decades earlier.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
Alford made an interesting comment, unsolicited, about Boyd, SDSU’s transfer point guard who came from a Florida Atlantic program that reached the 2023 Final Four.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Unsolicited.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsolicited. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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