not in the picture

ADJECTIVE

undesired

Synonyms

WEAK

blackballed disagreeable displeasing distasteful exceptionable excess baggage excluded ill-favored inadmissible left out in cold lousy objectionable obnoxious rejected repellent shut out thankless unacceptable unasked undesirable uninvited unpleasant unpopular unsought unwanted unwished-for

ADJECTIVE

uninvited

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rejected unsolicited unwelcome

WEAK

blackballed excluded inadmissible left out in the cold not wanted shut out unasked undesired unpopular

ADJECTIVE

unwelcome

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disagreeable distasteful objectionable obnoxious unacceptable undesirable uninvited unpleasant unwanted

WEAK

blackballed displeasing exceptionable excess baggage excluded ill-favored inadmissible left out in cold lousy rejected repellent shut out thankless unasked unpopular unsought unwished-for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

acceptable agreeable delightful desirable good nice pleasant pleasing welcome

WEAK

wanted

ADJECTIVE

unwished-for

Synonyms

WEAK

blackballed disagreeable displeasing distasteful exceptionable excess baggage excluded ill-favored inadmissible left out in cold lousy objectionable obnoxious rejected repellent shut out thankless unacceptable unasked undesirable undesired uninvited unpleasant unpopular unsought unwanted

NOUN

inhospitableness

Synonyms

STRONG

inhospitality repellent undesirable ungraciousness

WEAK

blackballed disagreeable displeasing distasteful exceptionable excess baggage excluded ill-favored inadmissible left out in cold lousy objectionable obnoxious rejected shut out thankless unacceptable unasked uninvited unpleasant unpopular unreceptiveness unsought unwanted unwelcomeness unwished-for

NOUN

inhospitality

Synonyms

STRONG

inhospitableness repellent undesirable ungraciousness

WEAK

blackballed disagreeable displeasing distasteful exceptionable excess baggage excluded ill-favored inadmissible left out in cold lousy objectionable obnoxious rejected shut out thankless unacceptable unasked uninvited unpleasant unpopular unreceptiveness unsought unwanted unwelcomeness unwished-for

NOUN

ungraciousness

Synonyms

STRONG

inhospitableness inhospitality repellent undesirable

WEAK

blackballed disagreeable displeasing distasteful exceptionable excess baggage excluded ill-favored inadmissible left out in cold lousy objectionable obnoxious rejected shut out thankless unacceptable unasked uninvited unpleasant unpopular unreceptiveness unsought unwanted unwelcomeness unwished-for

NOUN

unreceptiveness

Synonyms

WEAK

blackballed disagreeable displeasing distasteful exceptionable excess baggage excluded ill-favored inadmissible inhospitableness inhospitality left out in cold lousy objectionable obnoxious rejected repellent shut out thankless unacceptable unasked undesirable ungraciousness uninvited unpleasant unpopular unsought unwanted unwelcomeness unwished-for

NOUN

unwelcomeness

Synonyms

WEAK

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not in the picture

Also, the idea of a dating app was not in the picture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2025

His mother was not in the picture, and his father, who installs alarm systems for a living, made just enough to keep Howard and his sister in a three-bedroom mobile home in Florida.

From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

Bry'anna's father, who Maryanna believes is 19, is not in the picture.

From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2022

Family members were not in the picture and she didn’t have a former foster parent she felt she could turn to.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2021

This somehow seemed more detached, as if I were really not in the picture and only an observer.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

not in the picture

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