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persona non grata

noun as in unwelcome person

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In a statement on Wednesday, Katz declared the UN secretary general persona non grata, saying that anyone who "cannot unequivocally condemn Iran's heinous attack on Israel does not deserve to step foot on Israeli soil".

From BBC

Then they start to actually vilify the regulations, and Frank Church becomes persona non grata, and all of a sudden it's like, "Wait, what? Didn't we learn something?"

From Salon

The ministry summoned a British diplomat to inform him that the attaché had been declared “persona non grata,” according to a statement.

It was inevitable following the UK's earlier announcement that Russia would declare Mr Coghill, a Royal Naval officer and Britain's defence attache based at the embassy in Moscow, persona non grata.

From BBC

In a letter dated 16 April, the junta gave the diplomats 48 hours to leave after declaring them persona non grata.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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