unrequestedadj.

1564 A. Golding tr. Justinus Hist. Trogus Pompeius xxxi. f. 126^v He was mineded to haue offered hys seruice and aduise vnrequested [L. ultroque ministerium consilii sui obtulisse].

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxxiv. 634 How vnindifferent are these people, which will needes both beleeue and be beleeued of all men without witnesse and vnrequested [Fr. sans enqueste].

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. vi. iii. 1158 The tallnesse of these vnrequested Trees make the hils seeme more hilly then of themselues happily they are.

1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. v. 93 Though unrequested on Henries behalfe, the soveraigntie of France was demanded on Charles.

1705 S. Centlivre Gamester iv. ii. 47 Valere has..exposed my unrequested Bounty.

a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1771) V. vii. 136 Without this no Person would have..more Assistance in Distress from his Neighbour, than..unrequested Goodness [would] incline him to bestow.

1833 Essayist (Boston) Jan. 309 In this, I am certain that I err not—because I received the unrequested information gratis, from the parties themselves.

1900 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 June 1353/2 The General Medical Council was in the position of offering unrequested advice to the Privy Council.

1979 Gourmet Sept. 58/1 There was professional service—finger bowls arrived unrequested a moment before we realized we needed them.

2005 I. Sinclair et al. Foster Children vi. 114 Frequent unrequested visits from social workers or health visitors could be experienced as undermining.