uninvited
adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English invited English uninvited From un- + invited.
- Not invited.
“But you, you're not allowed / You're uninvited / An unfortunate slight”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English invited English uninvited From un- + invited.
- One who was not invited.
“The uninvited came to a Twilight concert! He was old and gray and blase and a cynic.”
“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 […]”
verb
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
- simple past and past participle of uninvite