unasked-for

1. 1.

   not requested or sought

   “unasked-for advice”

   “advice unasked for can be greatly resented”

   “unsolicited junk mail”

   Synonymsunsolicited

   Similarunrequested

Questions about unasked-for

What does unasked-for mean?

unasked-for means "not requested or sought".

How many syllables are in unasked-for?

unasked-for has 4 syllables: u-na-sked--for. The stress falls on "na".

What is another word for unasked-for?

Close synonyms include unsolicited. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is unasked-for a common word?

unasked-for is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.