unasked-for

Example Sentences

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The design team, responding to the work’s fluidity, enjoys keeping us in the dark before ambushing us with unasked-for surprises.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

She regularly calls Maddie with unasked-for advice about finding a husband and starting a family, but doesn’t provide much in the way of a stable or steady parental presence.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2023

Thompson’s Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit was one of seven dance institutions to receive large, unasked-for funds in the most recent round of donations by Scott and her husband, Dan Jewett.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2021

But it’s also possible that there’s some threshold at which injecting unasked-for content in people’s feeds will backfire.

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2017

And I was beginning to realize I’d extended unasked-for physical contact.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon