uninvited
/ˌʌnɪnvˈaɪtɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not invited.
noun
One who was not invited.
verb
simple past and past participle of uninvite
Example Sentences
- "But you, you're not allowed / You're uninvited / An unfortunate slight"
- "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 […]"
- "As if the uninvited was trying to escape from pain and that truth of that the lake's waters turned black because of her presence."
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.