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# unasked

«unasked» in Mova's school dictionary: **not asked: an unasked question is one nobody has asked** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (unasked); also unasked-for

### meaning for a pupil

1) Unasked means not asked: an unasked question is one nobody has asked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unasked/#m1)

2) Unasked (or unasked-for) means given or done without anyone asking: unasked-for advice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unasked/#m2)

3) Unasked can mean without being invited: he came to the party unasked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unasked/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and everyday life, unasked-for advice or help can be kind or annoying; an unasked guest arrives without invitation. In lessons, an «unasked question» is one that still needs to be asked. Plain words: not asked, uninvited.

### examples

- She helped me unasked, which was very kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unasked/#x1)
- He gave me lots of unasked-for advice about my drawing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unasked/#x2)
- The cat came into the house unasked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unasked/#x3)
- One question was left unasked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unasked/#x4)
- Don't go to someone's party unasked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unasked/#x5)
- The unasked question was: who took the cake? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unasked/#x6)

### note

Made from «un-» (not) + «asked». «Unasked-for» goes before a noun with hyphens: unasked-for advice. Similar: uninvited, unrequested.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unasked» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unasked/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.