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Definition of unwelcome in English: unwelcomeadjectiveʌnˈwɛlkəmˌənˈwɛlkəm 1(of a guest or new arrival) not gladly received. guards kept out unwelcome visitors Example sentencesExamples - They have spent half a century in refugee camps, as Lebanon's unwelcome guests, and long to cross the border and return home.
- Landowners had said the unwelcome visitors would be told to go from the former Airtours site in Helmshore at the end of last week.
- It was felt as if we were unwelcome guests in someone else's house, who wasn't really happy with us being there.
- A christening was rudely interrupted when some unwelcome guests turned up at the car park of a Hampshire church.
- To tell someone they are unwelcome is unpleasant and potentially hurtful and not something I would often do.
- A Wardle company became home to some unwelcome guests over the weekend.
- As an added bonus, he appears as an unwelcome guest who knows too much about Rick's past.
- Teachers can ask children to talk about what makes them feel unsafe or unwelcome in school.
- This may be a sign from various tutelary deities that we are unwelcome here.
- We had come in at a romantically charged moment, so our intrusion was especially unwelcome.
- When they also did not report back in a timely manner, he knew the First Chair had an unwelcome visitor.
- The sense of being unwelcome to the Kosciusko National Park was strong.
- In part it is excitement or maybe rushing or just unfamiliarity, but it opens the way for unwelcome guests.
- The entire town comes out from the party to greet the unwelcome visitor.
- Victor was secondary, he wasn't family and had started out as an unwelcome house guest.
- Beware of an unwelcome visitor or admirer who may take advantage of you.
- The European Council is, in the words of Westlake, no longer an unwelcome guest but a valued colleague.
- He still was an unwelcome visitor, no matter how much we talked or for how long.
- This has been my home for the past two years and now this unwelcome visitor seems set to spoil it.
- I was about to ask Fred about when we were going to eat when a very unwelcome visitor arrived at our table.
Synonyms unwanted, uninvited, unbidden, unasked, unrequested, unsolicited French de trop - 1.1 Not wanted.
unwelcome attentions from men Example sentencesExamples - Yet I approach this New Year's Eve with trepidation, for it will bring an unwelcome change.
- However, there is one unwelcome aspect that spring features that we get earlier as well.
- I have been limiting myself to a slice a week to prevent any unwelcome changes in waist-size.
- Higher fuel prices can cause unwelcome rises in inflation, restrict economic growth and are unpopular with voters.
- It was an unwelcome diversion that ultimately changed the rest of his life.
- Latin America has suffered the unwelcome attentions of these institutions particularly acutely.
- It is difficult to put into words, but it is rather like the disappearance of a permanent unwelcome guest.
- There's a disturbing pattern of exploitation here, which is unwelcome in a Member of Parliament.
- Even so, Microsoft has received some unwelcome attention for its pricing policies.
- A woman traveling alone through the countryside may receive unwelcome attention from men.
- This may be the most unwelcome advice Labor has received from a Kerr in thirty years but the party would be foolish to ignore it.
- The change in tone is unwelcome and does much to undermine many of the virtuoso moments that have come before.
- The assault on Mr Wilson happened when Foster thought the man had made unwelcome advances to his girlfriend.
- This gives children protection against unwelcome intrusions into their privacy by the parents.
- Today, for no good reason, I had a fit of the regrets, completely unjustified and totally unwelcome.
- At the University of Michigan he had to fight off the unwelcome attentions of Drew to win the starting quarterback's job.
- I have in the intervening years had my tablets changed a few times, although I never suffered any unwelcome symptoms.
- Then, as he finally readied himself on Tuesday morning to meet the Queen, he was greeted by some decidedly unwelcome news.
- An earlier hearing attracted unwelcome attention from both broadsheet and tabloid media.
- Yet many women know very little about this unpleasant and unwelcome condition.
Synonyms undesirable, undesired, unpopular, unfortunate, unlucky, too bad disappointing, upsetting, distressing, unpleasant, disagreeable, displeasing, unpalatable, distasteful regrettable, deplorable, lamentable, reprehensible, blameworthy, ill-advised
Derivatives adverb They usually do this primarily because they are concerned that they are being stalked or unwelcomely pursued. Example sentencesExamples - The UK's approach to the negotiations on a replacement for the draft EU constitution is being seen in some European capitals as unwelcomely dictatorial.
- Likewise, while on the topic, the rock formations almost make the map seem unwelcomely crowded.
- I flicked a cigarette at a guy's head that night after he grabbed my friend's arm unwelcomely and tried to fight me after I pushed him off her.
- This presents an unwelcomely anthropocentric view of the universe: That the habitation of man is spreading, in imperial fashion, throughout a domain which was prepared beforehand for exactly that purpose.
noun While the concept of unwelcomeness being tied to accessibility of health care has been relatively unexplored, it is no less important. Example sentencesExamples - However, because of the previous relationship, it is important that the unwelcomeness of further sexual advances be made very clear.
- Should the unwelcomeness of the conclusion persuade us to abandon the verification theory of meaning?
- Similarly, there are many people who continue to have the intuition that the unwelcomeness of a sensation of pain is intrinsic to its very nature.
- Instead, women employ coping mechanisms to show unwelcomeness, like changing the subject, ignoring the harasser and going along.
Definition of unwelcome in US English: unwelcomeadjectiveˌənˈwɛlkəmˌənˈwelkəm 1(of a guest or new arrival) not gladly received. guards kept out unwelcome visitors Example sentencesExamples - They have spent half a century in refugee camps, as Lebanon's unwelcome guests, and long to cross the border and return home.
- Teachers can ask children to talk about what makes them feel unsafe or unwelcome in school.
- A Wardle company became home to some unwelcome guests over the weekend.
- This has been my home for the past two years and now this unwelcome visitor seems set to spoil it.
- When they also did not report back in a timely manner, he knew the First Chair had an unwelcome visitor.
- It was felt as if we were unwelcome guests in someone else's house, who wasn't really happy with us being there.
- Victor was secondary, he wasn't family and had started out as an unwelcome house guest.
- The European Council is, in the words of Westlake, no longer an unwelcome guest but a valued colleague.
- As an added bonus, he appears as an unwelcome guest who knows too much about Rick's past.
- He still was an unwelcome visitor, no matter how much we talked or for how long.
- I was about to ask Fred about when we were going to eat when a very unwelcome visitor arrived at our table.
- To tell someone they are unwelcome is unpleasant and potentially hurtful and not something I would often do.
- The entire town comes out from the party to greet the unwelcome visitor.
- The sense of being unwelcome to the Kosciusko National Park was strong.
- Landowners had said the unwelcome visitors would be told to go from the former Airtours site in Helmshore at the end of last week.
- This may be a sign from various tutelary deities that we are unwelcome here.
- We had come in at a romantically charged moment, so our intrusion was especially unwelcome.
- Beware of an unwelcome visitor or admirer who may take advantage of you.
- In part it is excitement or maybe rushing or just unfamiliarity, but it opens the way for unwelcome guests.
- A christening was rudely interrupted when some unwelcome guests turned up at the car park of a Hampshire church.
Synonyms unwanted, uninvited, unbidden, unasked, unrequested, unsolicited - 1.1 Not much needed or desired.
unwelcome attentions from men Example sentencesExamples - Even so, Microsoft has received some unwelcome attention for its pricing policies.
- However, there is one unwelcome aspect that spring features that we get earlier as well.
- Yet I approach this New Year's Eve with trepidation, for it will bring an unwelcome change.
- Today, for no good reason, I had a fit of the regrets, completely unjustified and totally unwelcome.
- I have in the intervening years had my tablets changed a few times, although I never suffered any unwelcome symptoms.
- An earlier hearing attracted unwelcome attention from both broadsheet and tabloid media.
- A woman traveling alone through the countryside may receive unwelcome attention from men.
- I have been limiting myself to a slice a week to prevent any unwelcome changes in waist-size.
- The assault on Mr Wilson happened when Foster thought the man had made unwelcome advances to his girlfriend.
- It was an unwelcome diversion that ultimately changed the rest of his life.
- It is difficult to put into words, but it is rather like the disappearance of a permanent unwelcome guest.
- This may be the most unwelcome advice Labor has received from a Kerr in thirty years but the party would be foolish to ignore it.
- Latin America has suffered the unwelcome attentions of these institutions particularly acutely.
- Higher fuel prices can cause unwelcome rises in inflation, restrict economic growth and are unpopular with voters.
- There's a disturbing pattern of exploitation here, which is unwelcome in a Member of Parliament.
- Yet many women know very little about this unpleasant and unwelcome condition.
- Then, as he finally readied himself on Tuesday morning to meet the Queen, he was greeted by some decidedly unwelcome news.
- This gives children protection against unwelcome intrusions into their privacy by the parents.
- The change in tone is unwelcome and does much to undermine many of the virtuoso moments that have come before.
- At the University of Michigan he had to fight off the unwelcome attentions of Drew to win the starting quarterback's job.
Synonyms undesirable, undesired, unpopular, unfortunate, unlucky, too bad
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