undreamed-of

adjective

Not remotely imagined or expected.

Meanings

adjectiveundreamed-of (comparative more undreamed-of, superlative most undreamed-of)

comparative more undreamed-of · superlative most undreamed-of · alternative undreamed of · alternative undreamt-of

  1. Not remotely imagined or expected.

    Why is it that, despite having achieved previously undreamed-of miracles of progress, we seem more helpless in facing life than our less privileged ancestors were?

    1990, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow
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