unlooked+for

  • 21Unlooked — Un*looked , a. [Pref. un not + looked.] Not observed or foreseen; unexpected; generally with for. Unlooked success. Denham. [1913 Webster] She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all. Pope. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 22unlooked — ► ADJECTIVE (unlooked for) ▪ unexpected; unforeseen …

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  • 23unlooked — adjective (unlooked for) not expected or foreseen …

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  • 24unlooked — c.1300, not attended to, neglected, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + pp. of LOOK (Cf. look). With for, unexpected, attested from 1530s …

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  • 25unlooked — /un lookt /, adj. not examined, investigated, or heeded (usually fol. by into, on, or at): a crime that remains unlooked into. [1250 1300 for earlier sense; 1555 65 for current sense; ME: neglected; see UN 1, LOOK, ED2] * * * …

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  • 26unlooked — /un lookt /, adj. not examined, investigated, or heeded (usually fol. by into, on, or at): a crime that remains unlooked into. [1250 1300 for earlier sense; 1555 65 for current sense; ME: neglected; see UN 1, LOOK, ED2] …

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  • 27unhoped-for — adjective so unexpected as to have not been imagined an unhoped for piece of luck an unthought advantage an unthought of place to find the key • Syn: ↑unhoped, ↑unthought, ↑unthought of • Similar to: ↑ …

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  • 28un|looked-for — «uhn LUKT FR», adjective. unexpected; unforeseen: »this unlooked for danger (William Godwin) …

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  • 29unhoped-for — adj unexpected, undreamed of, beyond one s wildest hopes or dreams, like a dream come true; unanticipated, unlooked for, unpredicted, unforeseen; surprising, out of the blue, astonishing, startling, astounding; unwonted, unusual, unpredictable;… …

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  • 30unhoped for — ▶ adjective UNEXPECTED, unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked for, undreamed of, out of the blue. Opposites expected …

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