The phrase "awkward guest" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who feels uncomfortable or out of place in a social situation.
Example: "At the party, he felt like an awkward guest, unsure of how to engage with the other attendees."
Alternatives: "uncomfortable visitor" or "ill-at-ease guest".
But let's face it: we'd all be wishing farewell to that awkward guest who came to the party, but then announced shortly afterwards that they wanted to leave.
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Hence Mr Frei's charge of hypocrisy.In this section Awkward guest The mirage that won't go away The smaller neighbours Public health or church morality Au revoir, Mobutu Sese Seko or is it adieu?
Too many people Teflon Winnie Anything you can do Awkward guest The mirage that won't go away ReprintsArguably the two channels' refusal to take part is no huge obstacle to the campaign.
That said, few members relish the idea of extending NATO's promise of mutual defence to countries that could drag them into direct confrontation with Russia.Bad neighboursMr Putin will be an awkward guest at NATO's party.
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Half the body's 88 members joined in the past decade helping to make it deadlocked and dysfunctional, unable either to curb whale hunts or to reauthorise them.In this section An awkward guest-list A giant compromise?
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However, the aspiration for eventual nuclear disarmament remote as that goal may be got a big boost last year from Mr Obama, when, in a speech in Prague, he committed America to "seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons".In this section An awkward guest-list A giant compromise?
This beautiful place, its awkward guests, its affected, nervous host.
"You do get a few awkward guests and we have to go the extra mile," Mr Cole said.
