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uninvited

British  
/ ˌʌnɪnˈvaɪtɪd /

adjective

  1. not having been invited

    uninvited guests

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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One day in 2021, the couple had left the front door of their restored 1887 Monrovia home open and Baker wandered in uninvited.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

You can never quite relax, because you're always just waiting for the raise of the eyebrow, the suppressed guffaw, the uninvited joke, whatever.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2026

To repudiate a doctrine accepted by the nation’s cultural arbiters gets you uninvited to their parties and called a fool.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

Vance in March paid an uninvited visit to Greenland.

From Barron's Jan. 14, 2026

Samuel said, “I feel small now—coming uninvited as I have.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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