non grata

[ non grah-tuh, grey-; Latin nohn grah-tah ]

adjective

1. not welcome:

   Reporters were non grata at the diplomatic reception.

Word History and Origins

Origin of non grata¹

First recorded in 1925–30; abstracted from persona non grata

Example Sentences

Egypt expelled the Turkish ambassador last year, prompting Ankara to declare the Egyptian envoy in Turkey persona non grata.

From The Daily Beast

Two of the biggest of those, Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, are currently persona non grata in much of the Western world.

From The Daily Beast

Yet they are, as Garcia says, “persona non grata on our own tribal land.”

From The Daily Beast

As a result of the FBI designation, ICP was persona non grata in numerous places, including many potential Gathering sites.

From The Daily Beast

Cuba, as every American who took third grade social studies knows, is an isla non grata.

From The Daily Beast

To make my position more intolerable, I am persona non grata with both sides.

From Project Gutenberg

Burleigh was evidently persona non grata in the eyes of both.

From Project Gutenberg

I may have been persona non grata, but, if so, she did not express her feeling.

From Project Gutenberg

Seeing that I would henceforth be persona non grata at the palace, I sought obscurity in the writing and publication of books.

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The grocer, who in being taxed aids in paying the officer's salary, is persona non grata.

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