uninvited

adjective

un·​in·​vit·​ed ˌən-in-ˈvī-təd How to pronounce uninvited (audio)
: not invited
an uninvited guest
a guest who showed up uninvited

Examples of uninvited in a Sentence

I always ignore uninvited advice
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The party takes a wrong turn when some uninvited folks come knocking at the door. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025 While most responders have agreed that the image does indeed show a rat's tail, the tone of the thread has leaned heavily into levity, with Reddit users spinning jokes about the uninvited houseguest and theorizing about the rodent's intentions. Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025 Chat drops TikTok viewers directly into a friend group’s meltdown over an uninvited member to their girls night. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025 There was a centrist backlash, for instance, when a pair of House liberals stormed into Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) office, uninvited, to protest Elon Musk’s efforts to gut federal agencies. Mike Lillis, The Hill, 30 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for uninvited

Word History

First Known Use

1632, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of uninvited was in 1632

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“Uninvited.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninvited. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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