Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not welcome; not pleasing; not well received; producing sadness: as, an unwelcome guest.
- To treat as being unwelcome; be displeased with.
Wiktionary
- adj. Not welcome
WordNet 3.0
- adj. not welcome
- adj. not welcome; not giving pleasure or received with pleasure
Examples
“Broadway star Lea Salonga, who lives in the area, responded with outrage and took to the Internet to condemn what she called an unwelcome intrusion into her bedroom.”
The Wall Street Journal: Birth-Control Debate Roils Philippines
“The extended timeline has civil groups furious over what they describe as the unwelcome presence of a foreign military force in Haiti.”
“Putting up a sign that says that people of a certain political persuasion are unwelcome is tantamount to refusing patients.”
“The Europa League is often described as an unwelcome distraction for English clubs but the exact opposite has been true for Birmingham City.”
The Guardian: Birmingham hope to extend Europa League 'distraction'
“However, using a "minority space" to make a privileged individual feel uncomfortable about themselves or to feel unwelcome is not acceptable.”
“For all of us, the challenge is to look beyond narrow self-interest: to accept that fundamental change will indeed affect everyone, and often in unwelcome ways.”
“Alas! alas! who can measure the mountains of sorrow and suffering endured in unwelcome motherhood in the abodes of ignorance, poverty, and vice, where terror-stricken women and children are the victims of strong men frenzied with passion and intoxicating drink?”
“Egypt's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hossam Zaki, said the government considered the calls unwelcome interference.”
““Assault,” Caralyn coolly countered, “is defined as unwelcome or improper physical contact perpetrated by one or more persons on another.”
“Buffett called "unwelcome" the repayments of crisis-era investments he made in GE, Goldman Sachs, and Swiss Re.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘unwelcome’.
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More Adjectival Arcana
List of adjectives such as everduring that do not frequent common speech and writing. A continuation of my list Adjectival Arcana, which had grown to over 7700 words and had become far too cumbersome.
transpontine, fetichistic, everduring, tachygraphic, tachygraphical, holographic, holographical, spectrobolographic, autographic, chirographal, autographal, ipsographic and 1419 more...
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eesome
Includes any intangible conceivable independently of Hom. Sap.
depthless, overspire, unsteady, thitherward, rile, munchable, covet, pastinaceous, mirtle, slonk, tink, inerrarable and 345 more...
Tweets
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mollusque Should have realized that. I'd thought it was another example of the Kat phenomenon. May 30, 2009
vanishedone I added it to the spammer's list along with spam, abuse, etc., then noticed it had been listed 1 time with 0 comments. So it's on the side of Right, but nevertheless was born on the battlefield, or something. May 30, 2009
mollusque So how is that you're the first lister, VO? May 30, 2009
yarb It's a lovely word; come to my arms! May 29, 2009
vanishedone Poor unwelcome: its only Wordie listing is on a spammer's list, albeit on the side of Right. May 29, 2009