unwelcome

CEFRB1

/əˈnwɛlkəm/

adjective

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adjective
Not wanted, invited, or gladly received by others.
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adjective
Extra detail
To treat as unwelcome.

Examples

Grr! Avoid not, unwelcome evil and cowardly beast!
Foreigners often feel unwelcome here.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 3
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5

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adjective

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Not welcome.

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This ſtraunge vnwelcome and vnhappie newes, Of theſe vnnaturall Rebels and vniust, That threaten wracke vnto this wretched Land, Aye me affrights my womans mazed minde, Burdens my heart, and interrupts my ſleepe, […]
Devils and angels stood side by side on one platform to unwelcome him.
'You could've said so if you're unwelcoming us. We could've just leave^([sic])!' I ranted and walked back into the room, away from the balcony.

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This ſtraunge vnwelcome and vnhappie newes, Of theſe vnnaturall Rebels and vniust, That threaten wracke vnto this wretched Land, Aye me affrights my womans mazed minde, Burdens my heart, and interrupts my ſleepe, […]
1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act I
Gynecomastia is estimated to affect anywhere from 30 to 70 per cent of males at some stage of their lives. And "gyne" or "gyno", as it's commonly known, is not only an unwelcome (and ironic) side-effect of anabolic-androgenic - that is, muscle-building and masculinising - steroids: it can also be caused by other hormonal disruptors such as alcohol, cigarettes, cannabis, obesity, puberty (usually temporarily) and old age. But [Tom] Powell says his gyno was "99 percent" likely due to steroids.
2022 June 28, Jamie Millar, “'SARM Goblins': The Young Men Hooked on Steroids”, in VICE, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2023
For companies such as Trans Pennine Express, it will be even harder. It has the unwelcome claim to being Britain's worst train operator, with recent statistics from the Office of Rail and Road showing it cancelled nearly a quarter of its services in February, with lack of available train crew a real problem.
2023 April 5, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Pay deal a positive result”, in RAIL, number 980, page 3
“I know this is unwelcome news,” Ms. Gale, the chief people officer, wrote in the memo. “But we feel this is the best path forward, given the circumstances.”
2026 April 23, Mike Isaac, Eli Tan, “Meta to Lay Off 10 Percent of Work Force in A.I. Push”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Devils and angels stood side by side on one platform to unwelcome him.
1992, Selections from National Press, page 92

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English unwelcome, unwelcum; equivalent to un- + welcome.

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adjective

The blank noise from the party kept me awake all night long.