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unlooked-for

[ uhn-lookt-fawr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

not expected, anticipated, or foreseen:
They were confronted with an unlooked-for situation.

unlooked-for

/ ˌʌnˈlʊktfɔː /

1525–35; from phrase look for; un- ¹, -ed ²

Edna's desire to see Mademoiselle Reisz had increased tenfold since these unlooked-for obstacles had arisen to thwart it.

The good man then devoted his unlooked-for fortune to philanthropies in concert with Judge Popinot.

One unlooked-for result of the evenings happenings was that OLearys antagonism to Dangerfield seemed completely to disappear.

This unlooked-for intelligence, had it reached her in a different way, would have delighted as much as it astonished her.

The Church shortly discovered an entirely unlooked-for evil, insidious, demoralizing—the political corruption of voters.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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