No. 11,658 in Swedish
ovälkomna
Unwelcome.
In a sentence
De ovälkomna gästerna lämnade festen tidigt.
The unwelcome guests left the party early.
Here, 'ovälkomna' is used as an adjective to describe the guests, indicating they were not desired at the party.
Hon ignorerade de ovälkomna kommentarerna.
She ignored the unwelcome comments.
In this sentence, 'ovälkomna' acts as an adjective to qualify the comments, which were not appreciated by the subject.
Ett ovälkommet problem uppstod under mötet.
An unwelcome problem arose during the meeting.
In this example, 'ovälkommet' (the singular neuter form of 'ovälkomna') is used to describe the problem, emphasizing it was unanticipated and undesired.
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