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unasked for

unasked for is the alternative form of unasked-for.

Meaning of unasked-for

Adjective

unasked-for (not comparable)

  1. Not asked for.
    • A few months ago, the Belkin_G-Plus_MIMO network changed its name and gained a padlock icon in my computer’s list of available connections. Then — crickets. The era of unintentional, unasked-for or simply unacknowledged Internet sharing, it seemed, had come to an end.2011 January 14, Helen Rubinstein, “Won’t You Be My Wireless Neighbor?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2018
    Synonyms:
    unasked

Questions about unasked for

What is unasked for the alternative form of?
Unasked for is the alternative form of unasked-for.

Words near unasked for in the dictionary

  1. unasinous
  2. unask
  3. unaskable
  4. unaskables
  5. unasked
  6. unasked for
  7. unasked-for
  8. unasking
  9. unasks
  10. unaskt
  11. unasleep

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