uninvited
pronunciation
How to pronounce uninvited in British English:
UK [ˌʌnɪnˈvaɪtɪd]
How to pronounce uninvited in American English:
US [ˌʌnɪnˈvaɪtɪd]
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- Adjective:
- without being invited
- not invited
Word Origin
- uninvited (adj.)
- "not having been invited," 1630s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of invite (v.).
Example
- 1. Because you uninvited me to a party , but still wanted me to make you dinner beforehand .
- 2. Agent kellerman thinks she 's overacting to the news that she was uninvited to a literacy fundraiser .
- 3. I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited .
- 4. It was open to strangers , they said , such as delivery people and neighborhood children , who could wander across it uninvited .
- 5. The court ruling upheld her august conviction for breaking the terms of her house arrest by briefly sheltering an uninvited american at her home earlier this year .