Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not received with pleasure into one's company or home.
- adjective Unwanted or disagreeable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not welcome; not pleasing; not well received; producing sadness: as, an unwelcome guest.
- To treat as being unwelcome; be displeased with.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
welcome
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not welcome
- adjective not welcome; not giving pleasure or received with pleasure
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Examples
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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.
Birth-Control Debate Roils Philippines James Hookway 2011
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The extended timeline has civil groups furious over what they describe as the unwelcome presence of a foreign military force in Haiti.
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The extended timeline has civil groups furious over what they describe as the unwelcome presence of a foreign military force in Haiti.
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The extended timeline has civil groups furious over what they describe as the unwelcome presence of a foreign military force in Haiti.
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The extended timeline has civil groups furious over what they describe as the unwelcome presence of a foreign military force in Haiti.
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The extended timeline has civil groups furious over what they describe as the unwelcome presence of a foreign military force in Haiti.
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Putting up a sign that says that people of a certain political persuasion are unwelcome is tantamount to refusing patients.
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The Europa League is often described as an unwelcome distraction for English clubs but the exact opposite has been true for Birmingham City.
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Putting up a sign that says that people of a certain political persuasion are unwelcome is tantamount to refusing patients.
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However, using a "minority space" to make a privileged individual feel uncomfortable about themselves or to feel unwelcome is not acceptable.
vanishedone commented on the word unwelcome
Poor unwelcome: its only Wordie listing is on a spammer's list, albeit on the side of Right.
May 29, 2009
yarb commented on the word unwelcome
It's a lovely word; come to my arms!
May 29, 2009
mollusque commented on the word unwelcome
So how is that you're the first lister, VO?
May 30, 2009
vanishedone commented on the word unwelcome
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 commented on the word unwelcome
Should have realized that. I'd thought it was another example of the Kat phenomenon.
May 31, 2009