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unwelcomed

unwelcomed adjective: not having been welcomed.

Adjective

unwelcomed (not comparable)

  1. Not having been welcomed.
    • As if Fresh Meadows needed reminding that it was very much in the modern era, a notice arrived unwelcomed in April, in the form of an outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus.2009 June 21, Gregory Beyer, “An Outpost of the City, Within the City”, in New York Times

Origin of unwelcomed

From un- + welcomed.

Questions about unwelcomed

What does unwelcomed mean?
Unwelcomed means not having been welcomed.
What part of speech is unwelcomed?
Unwelcomed is an adjective.

Words near unwelcomed in the dictionary

  1. unweighty
  2. unweildiness
  3. unweird
  4. unweired
  5. unwelcome
  6. unwelcomed
  7. unwelcomely
  8. unwelcomeness
  9. unwelcomer
  10. unwelcomes
  11. unwelcomest

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