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unlooked-for
[ uhn-lookt-fawr ]
adjective
- not expected, anticipated, or foreseen:
They were confronted with an unlooked-for situation.
unlooked-for
/ ˌʌnˈlʊktfɔː /
adjective
- unexpected; unforeseen
Word History and Origins
Origin of unlooked-for1
Example Sentences
Edna's desire to see Mademoiselle Reisz had increased tenfold since these unlooked-for obstacles had arisen to thwart it.
The good man then devoted his unlooked-for fortune to philanthropies in concert with Judge Popinot.
One unlooked-for result of the evenings happenings was that OLearys antagonism to Dangerfield seemed completely to disappear.
This unlooked-for intelligence, had it reached her in a different way, would have delighted as much as it astonished her.
The Church shortly discovered an entirely unlooked-for evil, insidious, demoralizing—the political corruption of voters.
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