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persona non grata

noun

per·​so·​na non gra·​ta pər-ˈsō-nə-ˌnän-ˈgra-tə How to pronounce persona non grata (audio) -ˈgrä- How to pronounce persona non grata (audio)
plural personae non gratae pər-ˈsō-(ˌ)nē-ˌnän-ˈgra-(ˌ)tē How to pronounce persona non grata (audio)
-ˈgrä-,
-ˌnī-,
-ˌtī
: a person who is unacceptable or unwelcome
Luis Villoro is hardly a persona non grata. As he approaches the age of eighty, his position in the intelligentsia is secure. Scott Sherman
typically used without a or the
… English scientist James Lovelock, co-author of the Gaia hypothesis and once an environmental demigod. Lovelock has become persona non grata by saying that the ecosphere is so resilient no amount of human malfeasance, including nuclear war, could end life. Gregg Easterbrook"We'd been very good friends for millions of years and I thought it was a bit much for them suddenly to be personae non gratae and out of my life." Paul McCartney

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web He’s persona non grata among the establishment media. Andy Meek, BGR, 20 July 2022 Anyone with a red code — usually assigned to people infected with Covid or deemed by authorities to be at high risk of infection — immediately becomes persona non grata. Laura He, CNN, 23 June 2022 Fedorov, currently coaching CSKA Moskva in the KHL, has been persona non grata in Detroit since signing a front-loaded offer sheet with Carolina in 1998, and spurning the Wings for Anaheim in 2003. Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2022 Anyone with a red code -- usually assigned to people infected with Covid or deemed by authorities to be at high risk of infection -- immediately becomes persona non grata. Nectar Gan, CNN, 15 June 2022 Sure to be an attention-getter is the special award for Wallen, who not that very long ago was persona non grata at awards shows in and out of country music. Chris Willman, Variety, 1 June 2022 Many of the activist cartoonists of 1941 fell victim to Hollywood’s notorious blacklist era, when hundreds of workers on both sides of the screen were rendered persona non grata at the studios for their political affinities. Thomas Doherty, Chron, 10 May 2022 And so, transportation is number one, persona non grata. Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 31 May 2022 Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is persona non grata in the Republican primary for governor after spending years successfully pushing legislative efforts that accomplished many of the goals sought by each of the candidates. Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, unacceptable person

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of persona non grata was in 1877

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