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Definition: Unasked |
UnaskedAdjective1. Not asked for; "unasked advice". 2. Without being invited; "an unwanted intrusion"; "uninvited guests". 3. Not invited or requested; "unbidden guests"; "comments unbid and unwelcome". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unasked" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
Synonyms: UnaskedSynonyms: unbid (adj), unbidden (adj), uninvited (adj), unwanted (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deprecation | Unsought, unbesought; unasked; (see ask; ). |
Willingness | Voluntary, gratuitous, spontaneous; unasked; (ask; ); unforced; (free). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Don't let me hear you answering unasked questions again. (The Ruling Class; writing credit: Peter Barnes) | |
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| "Unasked" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unasked" is used about 34 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 34 | 59,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "unasked": do smth. unasked ♦ unasked question. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "unasked": unasked-for. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unasked"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i papritur (abrupt, accidental, precipitate, sudden, surprising, uncontemplated, undreamed of, undreamt of, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped, unlooked for, unrehearsed), i paftuar (dateless, self-invited, uninvited, unsought, unwelcome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | من تلقاء نفسه, غير مطلوب (unbidden, unrequired), بلا طلب (unbidden). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | неканен (intrusive, self-invited, uncalled, uninvited), нежелан (de trop, involuntary, unacceptable, unbidden, uncalled for, undesirable, unwanted, unwelcome, unwished, wrong), непомолен, непитан, неискан. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | spontánní (impulsive, spontaneous, unwilled), nezvaný (uninvited), nevyzvaný (unbidden), nevítaný (unwelcome), nežádaný (unwished), dobrovolný (free, gratuitous, optional, voluntary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پرسیده نشده , مطالبه نشده , ناپرسیده , سوال نشده , خواسته نشده . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pyytämättä (uninvited, without being asked), käskemätön (unbidden). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sans demande (unbidden), de son propre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ungefragt (unaskedly, unquestioned, without being asked), unaufgefordert (gratuitous, unbid, unbidden, uncalled, unprompted by me, unsolicited, unsought). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μη ερωτηθείσ, ακάλεστοσ (uninvited). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שלא תבקש. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kéretlen (unbidden, uninvited, unsolicited, unsought). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neuenit, gyn shirrey eh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | askedunay sem ser convidado, espontâneo (cavalier, free, matter-of-course, natural, offhand, offhanded, self-sown, spontaneous, unbidden, unconstrained, unlaboured, unpremeditated, unprompted, unsought, unstrained, unstudied, untaught, willing). (various references) neinvitat (unbidden, uncalled for, uninvited), necerut. (various references) добровольный (ex gratia, free, freewill, free-will, spontaneous, unbidden, voluntary, willing). (various references) neupitan. (various references) no solicitado (unsolicited). (various references) outtalad (inarticulate, unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unvoiced, voiceless), oombedd (unsolicited), objuden (unbidden, uninvited). (various references) sorulmamış, istenmemiş (unsolicited, unwanted, unwished for), davetsiz (intrusive, unbid, unbidden, uncalled, unexpected, uninvited). (various references) незапрошений (uninvited), непроханий (gate crasher, intrusive, unwelcome). (various references) không được mời không được yêu cầu; không ai bảo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Unasked" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Unakul, unask, undazzled, unpasted, unsaled. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-k-n-s-u" | |
-1 letter: kneads, snaked, sundae. | |
-2 letters: ankus, asked, deans, dukes, dunes, dunks, kanes, knead, naked, neuks, nudes, nuked, nukes, saned, sedan, skean, snake, sneak, ukase, usnea. | |
-3 letters: ands, anes, anus, auks, daks, dank, dean, dens, desk, dues, duke, dune, dunk, duns, dusk, ends, kaes, kane, keas, kens, kues, kuna, kune, neuk, nude, nuke, sade, sake. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-k-n-s-u" | |
+1 letter: sunbaked, uncasked, unmasked, unslaked, unsoaked. | |
+2 letters: baudekins, lunkheads, unstacked. | |
+3 letters: soundalike, undertakes, unshackled. | |
+4 letters: krugerrands, soundalikes, undertakers. | |
+5 letters: knuckleheads, undertakings. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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