unasked

Left unanswered and frequently unasked are the complicated questions of what alternatives were available, and how or whether they might have played out more effectively.
Let's Not Rush to Judgment About the Withdrawal From Afghanistan|Angus King|September 1, 2021|Time
You saw The Washington Post—unasked—return the Pulitzer Prize.
Dear Asshole: The Letters of Ben Bradlee From New Biography|Matthew DeLuca|May 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
That is a far more interesting question and, in this instance, it was also a more relevant question, but it went unasked.
Contraception Debate: Why We’re Asking the Wrong Questions|Michael Sean Winters|February 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
As is our tragic pattern, almost all these tough questions are unasked and unhonored.
Leslie H. Gelb: Think Before Acting on Iran|Leslie H. Gelb|January 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Rice also volunteered the answer to the unasked question about whether she was still single because she worked so hard.
28,000 X Chromosomes Strong|Lynn Sherr|October 24, 2008|DAILY BEAST
How unutterably glad and thankful she was in all her life afterward that she gave that kiss unasked.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater
It is always pleasant to do on entreaty what we might be driven to do unasked.
Tristram of Blent|Anthony Hope
Unasked, the Imp sketched the dinner party, especially Harry's share in it.
Tristram of Blent|Anthony Hope
Larmer made a brief but keen inspection, and then walked into the trader's room and, unasked, sat down.
The Brothers-In-Law: A Tale Of The Equatorial Islands; and The Brass Gun Of The Buccaneers|Louis Becke
If you are asked what o'clock it is, tell it, but do not proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the watchmen.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood

British Dictionary definitions for unasked

unasked

/ (ʌnˈɑːskt) /

adjective

not requested or demanded

not invited

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