unthought

¹ American  

[uhn-thawt] / ʌnˈθɔt /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of unthink.

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adjective

1. not thought; think; thought; not framed in a thought think thought or thoughts: thought.

   an unthought advantage.

2. not expected; not anticipated (often followed byof ).

   an unthought-of place to find the key.

unthought ² American  

[uhn-thawt] / ʌnˈθɔt /

noun

1. an absence of thought. think. thought.

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Etymology

Origin of unthought¹

1530–40; unthought ¹ ( defs. 2, 3 ) un- ¹ + thought ²

Origin of unthought²

First recorded in 1865–70; un- ¹ + thought ¹

Example Sentences

A person with special needs bagging groceries or working at a fast-food joint, unthought of before Special Olympics started, has now become commonplace.

From Washington Times

This attitude that someone who has no real experience in education would come up with an unthought of plan is idiotic.

From New York Times

Such thoughts can be set aside but not unthought.

From Washington Post

But once you put it that way, once you step back and see Burke’s writing as a meta-critical defense of unthought tradition, you start to feel the irony of his situation.

From The New Yorker

Going forward, the little ordinary things that everyone ought to do may entail tasks unthought of in years past.

From Washington Post

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