"unsolicited" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌʌnsəˈlɪsɪtɪd/ Audio: en-us-unsolicited.ogg Forms: more unsolicited [comparative], most unsolicited [superlative]
Etymology: un- + solicited Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|solicited}} un- + solicited Head templates: {{en-adj}} unsolicited (comparative more unsolicited, superlative most unsolicited)
  1. Not requested, welcomed nor invited. Translations (not requested, welcome or invited): непоискан (nepoiskan) (Bulgarian), nevyžádaný (Czech), nežádaný (Czech), uopfordret (Danish), pyytämätön (Finnish), volontaire (French), spontané (French), მოულოდნელი (moulodneli) (Georgian), unaufgefordert (German), unerbeten (German), unverlangt (German), απαρακάλεστος (aparakálestos) (Greek), kéretlen (Hungarian), nelūgts (Latvian), neprasīts (Latvian), nevēlams (Latvian), uoppfordret (Norwegian Bokmål), uønsket (Norwegian Bokmål), непрошеный (neprošenyj) (Russian), netražen (Serbo-Croatian), neželjen (Serbo-Croatian), oönskad (Swedish), oombedd (Swedish), istenmemiş (Turkish), istenmeyen (Turkish)

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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "not requested, welcome or invited",
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      "sense": "not requested, welcome or invited",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "not requested, welcome or invited",
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "not requested, welcome or invited",
      "word": "მოულოდნელი"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "not requested, welcome or invited",
      "word": "unaufgefordert"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not requested, welcome or invited",
      "word": "unerbeten"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not requested, welcome or invited",
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "not requested, welcome or invited",
      "word": "απαρακάλεστος"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not requested, welcome or invited",
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      "sense": "not requested, welcome or invited",
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      "sense": "not requested, welcome or invited",
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      "sense": "not requested, welcome or invited",
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not requested, welcome or invited",
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not requested, welcome or invited",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "not requested, welcome or invited",
      "word": "oönskad"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not requested, welcome or invited",
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      "sense": "not requested, welcome or invited",
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