as in unpleasant
not giving pleasure to the mind or senses
the unwelcome news ruined what had been a fine day
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Recent Examples of unwelcome
While the change may be unwelcome, there are many options to choose from once Skype bows out.
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
For older generations of Wolves fans, their goalscoring hero hitting the big six-o is an unwelcome reminder of the march of time.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Before the newborn was welcomed, MGK apparently received some unwelcome questions from his ex’s other ex, Brian Austin Green.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
For him, shepherds and stables provide a nicely reassuring pastoral setting, but Persian Magi are an unwelcome detail—too foreign, too unruly.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
For older generations of Wolves fans, their goalscoring hero hitting the big six-o is an unwelcome reminder of the march of time.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Before the newborn was welcomed, MGK apparently received some unwelcome questions from his ex’s other ex, Brian Austin Green.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
For him, shepherds and stables provide a nicely reassuring pastoral setting, but Persian Magi are an unwelcome detail—too foreign, too unruly.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwelcome
Adjective
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With the present geopolitical situation and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, landmines are making a very unpleasant comeback.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
10 Apr. 2025
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In our testing, the formula feels like a gel-serum—and doesn't get heavy, gloopy, or otherwise unpleasant.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Hope reigns even in this harsh political climate we Americans are now experiencing.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2025
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Even if investors are slightly more confident this week, after Trump backed off most of his harshest tariff rates, the changes in people’s life-style habits serve as their own kind of affective barometer.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Smears on non-sensor areas of the tiara are like bug debris on your hood, aesthetically unpleasing but not harmful.—
Eric Tegler,
Popular Mechanics,
1 Oct. 2019
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His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
1 Feb. 2018
Adjective
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That means more time for Rojas, who has shown more bad than good to begin this season.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Thankfully, the kittens were discovered and rescued right in time before something worse fell on them.—
TJ Macias,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Switching out a pump in a pit filled with raw sewage is nasty work.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
12 Apr. 2025
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The bear is back and things may stay nasty for the rest of 2025.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Unwelcome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwelcome. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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