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/un lookt"fawr'/, adj.not expected, anticipated, or foreseen: They were confronted with an unlooked-for situation.[1525-35; from phrase look for; see UN-1, -ED2]
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Unlooked-for — Un*looked for, a. Not looked for; unexpected; as, an unlooked for event. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
unlooked-for — [unlookt′fôr΄] adj. not looked for; not expected or foreseen … English World dictionary
unlooked for — index fortuitous, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseeable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
unlooked-for — adj. unexpected, unforeseen. * * * unlooked for f13 [unlooked for] [ʌnˈlʊkt fɔː(r)] [ʌnˈlʊkt fɔːr] adjective (formal) not expected • … Useful english dictionary
unlooked-for — un|looked for [ʌnˈlukt fo: US fo:r] adj not expected ▪ unlooked for success … Dictionary of contemporary English
unlooked-for — un|looked for [ ʌn lukt fɔr ] adjective not expected: an unlooked for reward … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
unlooked for — not expected or foreseen. → unlooked … English new terms dictionary
unlooked for — Synonyms and related words: abrupt, accidental, adventitious, aleatory, casual, causeless, chance, chancy, contingent, destinal, dicey, electrifying, extraordinary, fatal, fatidic, fluky, fortuitous, hasty, headlong, iffy, impetuous, improbable,… … Moby Thesaurus
unlooked-for — unexpected, not anticipated; not hoped for … English contemporary dictionary
unlooked-for — adj unforeseen, unexpected, unanticipated, unhoped for, unpredicted, unthought of; sudden, abrupt, precipitate, out of the blue; surprise, surprising, astonishing, startling; unwonted, unusual, unpredictable; accidental, undesigned, unintentional … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
