unlooked-for
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Adjective (1)
- not anticipated“unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development — H.W.Glidden”“unforeseen circumstances”“a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy”“like a bolt out of the blue”“unseen problems”Synonyms: unanticipatedunforeseenunseenout of the blueOpposite expectedSimilar unexpected
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Un·looked′-for adjective
Not looked for; unexpected; as, an unlooked-for event.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54