unsolicited

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˌʌnsəˈlɪsɪtɪd/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Not asked for; given or done voluntarily without being requested or invited.; Sent or delivered without the recipient's prior request or consent, especially in reference to commercial communications such as email, mail, or telephone calls.; Not sought after or pursued; occurring without being invited or desired.; In legal or business contexts, referring to a bid, offer, or proposal made without being invited by the target party, such as an unsolicited takeover bid.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Collocations

unsolicited adviceunsolicited emailunsolicited callunsolicited feedbackunsolicited opinionunsolicited offer

Derivatives

solicitsolicitationsolicitorsolicitousunsolicit

Synonyms

uninvitedunaskedunpromptedunrequestedvoluntary

Antonyms

solicitedrequestedinvited

Commonly confused

uninvited
EN: 'Uninvited' typically refers to people or presence at events; 'unsolicited' refers to things given or sent without being asked for.
unprompted
EN: 'Unprompted' emphasizes lack of external stimulus or cue; 'unsolicited' emphasizes that the recipient did not request it.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember that 'solicit' has a single 'l' before '-ed' (not 'solicitted'), so it's 'unsolicited' with one 'l'. Also note the prefix is 'un-' attached directly: 'unsolicited', not 'un-solicited'.

💬 Examples

  1. She received unsolicited advice from her neighbors about how to raise her children.

  2. The company was fined for sending unsolicited marketing emails to millions of users.

  3. He found himself in the unsolicited position of being the group's spokesperson.

  4. The rival corporation launched an unsolicited takeover bid for the smaller firm.