Meanings
uninvited1
- not comparableNot invited.
But you, you're not allowed / You're uninvited / An unfortunate slight
1997, Alanis Morissette, “Uninvited”, performed by Alanis Morissette
plural uninviteds
- 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 382 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 GuideAs 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
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of uninvite
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of a thought or act) unwelcome or involuntary
adjective(of a person) not having been invited
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
uninvited · adjective, noun
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishinvited
- Englishuninvited
uninvited · verb
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Full word history & related roots →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
uninvited. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninvited
“uninvited.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninvited. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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