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unwelcome

/ʌnˈwɛlkəm/ adjective B2
  1. Not welcome.

Comparative unwelcomer · Superlative unwelcomest

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I was on the point of asking him what that work might be, but something in his manner showed me that the question would be an unwelcome one.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 14 · B2
Here was an unexpectedly good chance to get this unwelcome orphan off her hands, and she did not even feel grateful for it.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 56 · C1
Convinced as Elizabeth now was that Miss Bingley’s dislike of her had originated in jealousy, she could not help feeling how very unwelcome her appearance at Pemberley must be to her, and was curious to know with how much civility on that lady’s side the acquaintance would now be renewed.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 299 · B2
There was novelty in the scheme; and as, with such a mother and such uncompanionable sisters, home could not be faultless, a little change was not unwelcome for its own sake.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 175 · B2

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