Is there any word in place of without asking for it in the following example?
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The word spontaneous popped into my mind, but it doesn't seem right because, in the above example, the event isn't really spontaneous as the other party consciously chose to offer the other person a job, without the job-seeker having asked for it first.
Best Answer
Unsolicited is the closest single-word synonym I could think of; however, it has a drawback when applied to this scenario: it can have the connotation of unwanted. Upon analysis, without asking for it does not fit the intended meaning here either, as it carries the same drawback. The best option is to rephrase: