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View definitions for make unwelcome

make unwelcome

verb as in give the cold shoulder

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Of these households, four in five say the reason is the rising cost of living, as interest rate rises and many other cost increases force them to make unwelcome trade-offs — such as food.

From Salon

Some interpreted the Chinese feat as a demonstration of an orbit-offensive capability — the ability to make unwelcome, close approaches to other satellites.

She says people use her sport to make unwelcome sexual suggestions.

From BBC

Some researchers say that the connotations of the conference acronym have been used by some attendees to make unwelcome sexual jokes, so the board issued a poll asking people who had attended the event over the past five years whether they supported a name change.

From Nature

Many ranching families there — with deep ties to the land, their animals and the ranching tradition — operate on slim financial margins, and have had to make unwelcome adjustments in their practices to continue ranching in what has once again become wolf country.

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

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