Meanings
adjectiveunlooked-for (comparative more unlooked-for, superlative most unlooked-for)
comparative more unlooked-for · superlative most unlooked-for
- alternativeAlternative form of unlooked for.
They were interrupted by the entrance of an unlooked-for visitor, the Chevalier de Joinville.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 174
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot anticipated
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Chicago
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