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
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That could mean taking on another unwanted contract, eating some money and/or attaching prospects to a trade.Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Nikki told Deadline that revisiting the images was an unwanted and unpleasant ordeal.Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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Celebrity-dom today means receiving unsolicited advice and opinions on their career and personal life.Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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Beyond unsolicited requests for cash and unrealistic lifestyle expectations, there is a multitude of other risks that could negatively impact the long-term sustainability of one’s wealth: accidents, health issues, cybersecurity threats, unforeseen economic downturns, etc.Sharon Olson, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Eliza Barry Callahan’s The Hearing Test seems to be about a temporary loss of hearing but is actually one woman’s rehearsal for the losses that come, unbidden, for us all.The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 29 Nov. 2024
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The surprise, unbidden possibility of victory endowed Harris with a mystique.Matthew Continetti, National Review, 7 Sep. 2024
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But they were assured reservations were unnecessary.Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
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Be clear about your priorities and don’t let unnecessary features distract you.Rhett Power, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Says the man who is standing — uninvited — in the middle of my living room.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Nanny McPhee, a strict disciplinarian, clad in black, arrives uninvited to rid the recalcitrant children of their worst habits.Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
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