uninvited

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adjective

Not invited.

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

uninvited1

adjectiveuninvited (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot invited.

    But you, you're not allowed / You're uninvited / An unfortunate slight

    1997, Alanis Morissette, “Uninvited”, performed by Alanis Morissette
noununinvited (plural uninviteds)

plural uninviteds

  1. rareOne who was not invited.

    The uninvited came to a Twilight concert! He was old and gray and blase and a cynic.

    1917 April, Charme Seeds, “School Activities and the College Girl”, in The Ohio State University Monthly, volume 8, number 9, page 38
    2 more examples

    In the future, if you know that you're going to be mixing inviteds and uninviteds while out, call them all ahead of time to caution the inviteds against talking about the wedding and to tell the uninviteds about your guest list so they know you didn't forget about them […]

    2011, Sam Scholfield, Awkward.: What to Do When Life Makes You Cringe-A Survival Guide

    As if the uninvited was trying to escape from pain and that truth of that the lake's waters turned black because of her presence.

    2020, Natali Stoyanov, translated by Ingrid Turis, The forest’s legends, →ISBN

uninvited2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of uninvite

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(of a thought or act) unwelcome or involuntary

Similar

adjective(of a person) not having been invited

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

uninvited · adjective, noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishinvited
  9. Englishuninvited

From un- + invited.

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uninvited · verb

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἄκλητος, ἀκέλευστος
  • ἄκλητος (áklētos)not invited
  • ἀκέλευστος (akéleustos)not invited
Bulgarian неканен
  • неканен (nekanen)not invited
Danish ubuden
  • ubudennot invited
Finnish kutsumaton
  • kutsumatonnot invited
German ungebeten, uneingeladen
  • ungebetennot invited
  • uneingeladennot invited
Greek ακάλεστος
  • ακάλεστος (akálestos)not invited
Hungarian hívatlan
  • hívatlannot invited
Norwegian uinvitert
  • uinvitertnot invited
Norwegian Bokmål ubuden
  • ubudennot invited
Polish nieproszony, niechciany
  • nieproszonynot invited
  • niechcianynot invited
Russian незва́ный, неприглашённый
  • незва́ный (nezványj)not invited
  • неприглашённый (nepriglašónnyj)not invited
Swedish objuden
  • objudennot invited
Turkish davetsiz
  • davetsiznot invited
Cite this entry
APA

uninvited. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninvited

MLA

“uninvited.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninvited. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uninvited,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninvited.

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