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un⋅hoped-for

[uhn-hohpt-fawr]
–adjective
unexpected; unanticipated: an unhoped-for piece of good luck.

Origin:
1590–1600; from the phrase hope for; see un- 1 , -ed 2
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un·hoped-for   (ŭn-hōpt'fôr')
adj.  Not expected or hoped for.
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