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uninvited

uninvited adjective: not invited. Also the simple past and past participle of uninvite.

Adjective

uninvited (not comparable)

  1. Not invited.
    • But you, you're not allowed / You're uninvited / An unfortunate slight1997, Alanis Morissette, “Uninvited”, performed by Alanis Morissette

Noun

uninvited (plural uninviteds)

  1. (rare) One who was not invited.
    • The uninvited came to a Twilight concert! He was old and gray and blase and a cynic.1917 April, Charme Seeds, “School Activities and the College Girl”, in The Ohio State University Monthly, volume 8, number 9, page 38
    • In the future, if you know that you're going to be mixing inviteds and uninviteds while out, call them all ahead of time to caution the inviteds against talking about the wedding and to tell the uninviteds about your guest list so they know you didn't forget about them […]2011, Sam Scholfield, Awkward.: What to Do When Life Makes You Cringe-A Survival Guide

Also used as

uninvited is also the simple past and past participle of uninvite.

Examples of uninvited in a sentence

  • He had the nerve to enter my house uninvited.
  • Getting reinvited was a relief for the students after the crushing news they'd been uninvited, said Hayes.
  • Taffy's cynophobia, expressed in spitting, growling, melancholy miauling, served to ease the awkwardness of greeting between unprepared hostess and uninvited guest.

All 11 example sentences with uninvited

Forms of uninvited

pluraluninviteds

Origin of uninvited

From un- + invited.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words formed from uninvited

Questions about uninvited

What does uninvited mean?
Uninvited means not invited.
What part of speech is uninvited?
Uninvited can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near uninvited in the dictionary

  1. uninvincible
  2. uninvitable
  3. uninvitation
  4. uninvitations
  5. uninvite
  6. uninvited
  7. uninvitedly
  8. uninviteds
  9. uninvitee
  10. uninvitees
  11. uninvites

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