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   Un·looked-for

   /ˌənˈlo͝oktfôr/

   

   adjective

   • 1. unexpected; unforeseen: "in his family he found unlooked-for happiness"

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   Unlooked-for definition: not expected, anticipated, or foreseen. See examples of UNLOOKED-FOR used in a sentence.

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   What does unlooked-for mean?

   • The Church shortly discovered an entirely unlooked-for evil, insidious, demoralizing—the political corruption of voters. Unlooked-for definition: not expected, anticipated, or foreseen. See examples of UNLOOKED-FOR used in a sentence.

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   What is an example of an unlooked-for?

   • From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English un‧looked-for /ʌnˈlʊkt fɔː $ -fɔːr/ adjective not expected unlooked-for success Examples from the Corpus unlooked-for • In his family he found an unlooked-for happiness. • The readers were simply an unlooked-for hazard. • Theodora gazed at the extraordinary, the unlooked-for information.

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   What is unlooked-for intelligence?

   • 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. Unlooked-for definition: not expected, anticipated, or foreseen.

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   What is an unlooked-for calamity?

   • But an unlooked-for calamity brought the warfare to an end. The unlooked-for things that happen in the process of work are the important ones. It was one of those examples of turning an unlooked-for situation to great advantage that makes the creativity of improvised music even more exciting than it ordinarily is.

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   UNLOOKED-FOR | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of unlooked-for in English. unlooked-for. adjective [ before noun ] uk / ʌnˈlʊkt.fɔː r/ us / ʌnˈlʊkt.fɔːr / Add to word list. not expected: unlooked-for joy. Synonyms. unexpected. unforeseen. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not expected or planned. abrupt end. abrupt halt.

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   Synonyms for UNLOOKED-FOR: sudden, unexpected, unforeseen, unanticipated, abrupt, unlikely, startling, improbable; Antonyms of UNLOOKED-FOR: anticipated, foreseen, expected, predicted, prophesied, unsurprising.

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   UNLOOKED-FOR definition | Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of unlooked-for in English. unlooked-for. adjective [ before noun ] us / ʌnˈlʊkt.fɔːr / uk / ʌnˈlʊkt.fɔː r/ Add to word list. not expected: unlooked-for joy. Synonyms. unexpected. unforeseen. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not expected or planned. abrupt end. abrupt halt.

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   not looked for; not expected or foreseen. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. unlooked-for in American English. (ʌnˈluktˌfɔr) adjective. not expected, anticipated, or foreseen. They were confronted with an unlooked-for situation.

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