unsolicitedadj.
/ˌʌnsəˈlɪsᵻtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənsəˈlɪsᵻdᵻd/ 1.
a. Of persons: Not approached with solicitation; unasked.
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the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > unasked
unbiddenc1010
unboonedc1175
unaskeda1255
unfrayneda1275
uncalleda1400
unbid14..
unprayeda1402
unrequiredc1425
undesired1470
unchargedc1485
uncommandeda1535
unrequested1564
unsolicited1594
unsued1594
unsought1598
unspeeredc1598
unentreated1601
unimportuned?1611
unurgeda1616
uninvited1632
unsupplicated1634
unpetitioned1639
uninterrogated1803
unsolicitated1807
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. iii. 61 Of my word I haue written to effect, Ther's not a God left vnsollicited. View more context for this quotation
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iv. 216 I then..got your leaue To make this present Summons vnsolicited . View more context for this quotation
1680 C. Ness Compl. Church-hist. 365 The devil..steps in..though unsolicited by those conspirators.
1756 Connoisseur No. 116. ⁋2 The graduate in medicine, finding himself unsolicited for prescription or advice.
1813 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) 604 A number of unsolicited, unknown yet predetermined plauditors in the theatre.
1851 Huxley in Life & Lett. (1900) I. 90 He had previously been civil enough to sign my certificate.., unsolicited.
1883 G. Meredith Melampus x Not unsolicited,..the pendulous flower of the plants of sloth..answered question and squeeze.
b. spec. Not asked in marriage.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > proposal of marriage > [adjective] > that has not received an offer of marriage
unsolicited1750
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 73. ⁋2 My aunts, being..neither young nor beautiful,..were suffered to live unsolicited.
2. Not asked for; given or done voluntarily.
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the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > unasked > not asked for
unaskedc1485
undemanded1513
unrequired?1518
unbegged1579
unsued1594
unurged1594
unrakeda1601
uncalleda1610
unbesought1667
unimplored1667
unbespoken1681
unsolicited1687
unasked1729
unordered1749
over-the-transom1952
1687 Marquis of Halifax Let. to Dissenter 3 Thanks must be voluntary, not only unconstrained, but unsollicited.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. ii. v. 253 [He called] to bring her..fresh and unsolicited intelligence.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 257 I am obliged to your lordship for your unsolicited intercession.
1847 G. Harris Life Ld. Hardwicke III. 107 This appointment was entirely the unsolicited act of His Majesty.
3. Not affected or influenced.
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the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > affected or influenced > not
unvisited1548
untoucheda1586
unattained1613
inaffected1617
uninfluenced1735
unexcited1748
unaffected1830
unsolicited1857
unattacked1878
1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. 184 If thus, whilst unsolicited by any extraneous chemical forces, its molecular arrangement is so readily altered.
Derivatives
unsoˈlicitedly adv.
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the mind > will > free will > [adverb] > without being asked (for)
uninvitedly1669
unsolicitedly1815
undesiredly1845
over-the-transom1976
1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 285 He..refused the first ecclesiastic dignities, which were unsolicitedly pressed upon him.
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