unsought

adjective

un·​sought ˌən-ˈsȯt 

: not searched for or sought out

unsought compliments

Synonyms

• unasked
• unbidden
• unbid
• uninvited
• unsolicited

Examples of unsought in a Sentence

the meddling neighbor insisted on giving us unsought advice

Recent Examples on the Web

Dering declined to comment Tuesday about how the media attention has impacted sales and the company, as well as the precariousness of navigating such unsought publicity. —Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019

On the 21st of April, only a third of the way through spring, our 88 degrees may have seemed thermal precocity, an unsought rush to summer. —Martin Weil, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2023

The Sugarplum Fairy, after an unsought interregnum, is presiding over the Land of Sweets at the New York City Ballet. —Michael Paulson, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022

The federal ban on vaping on commercial flights, instituted in 2016, was meant to protect passengers from unsought exposure to aerosols. —New York Times, 5 July 2022

What’s more, as Anna Della Subin explores in her bracingly original Accidental Gods, unsought divinity was a remarkably widespread phenomenon that spanned centuries and continents. —Fara Dabhoiwala, The New York Review of Books, 19 Aug. 2021

The boy opened fire, shooting a 13-year-old classmate and a teacher — and putting Alexander in a small, unsought fraternity of innocent people who have survived two gun attacks. —Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post, 10 June 2018

Sometimes the oddest unsought advice can be found in your doctor’s waiting room self-help magazines. —Orange County Register, 4 Jan. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unsought

• allot
• barat
• begot
• besought
• bethought
• bloodshot
• boycott
• buckshot
• crackpot
• croat
• culottes
• dashpot

Kids Definition

unsought

adjective

un·​sought ˌən-ˈsȯt 

ˈən-

: not searched for or asked for

unsought advice