unlooked-for meaning

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unlooked-for (adjective): not anticipated.

Definition of unlooked-for

  1. not anticipated
    • unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development
    • unforeseen circumstances
    • a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy
    • like a bolt out of the blue
    • unseen problems

    Synonyms: unanticipated, unforeseen, unseen, out of the blue

    Similar: unexpected

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