Meaning & use
unbidden
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Happening or arriving without being invited or asked for.
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Tears came unbidden as she read the letter.
Unbidden thoughts of the accident kept interrupting his sleep.
A note on using this word
Pairs the negative prefix "un-" with "bidden," the archaic past participle of "bid" (to command or invite).
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