unsolicited
adj/ˌʌnsəˈlɪsɪtɪd/
Etymology From un- + solicited.
1
Not requested; neither welcomed nor invited.
- People have become very frustrated with unsolicited sales calls.
- In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2023, page 74:
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- Mr. Hankwitz’s endorsement of Betterment was unsolicited, but the power of so-called finfluencers like him has not gone unnoticed.2021 April 28, Tara Siegel Bernard, “Trading Stock Tips on TikTok, Newbies Are Deeply Invested in Learning”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2021:
- Antonyms
- solicited