unlooked for

unlooked for
Synonyms and related words:
abrupt, accidental, adventitious, aleatory, casual, causeless, chance, chancy, contingent, destinal, dicey, electrifying, extraordinary, fatal, fatidic, fluky, fortuitous, hasty, headlong, iffy, impetuous, improbable, impulsive, incidental, indeterminate, more than expected, nerve-shattering, out-of-the-way, past expectation, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, quick, risky, shocking, speedy, startling, sudden, surprising, swift, unannounced, unanticipated, uncaused, undetermined, undivined, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unguessed, unheralded, unhoped for, unpredictable, unpredicted, unprepared for, without warning

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  • Unlooked-for — Un*looked for, a. Not looked for; unexpected; as, an unlooked for event. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • unlooked-for — [unlookt′fôr΄] adj. not looked for; not expected or foreseen …   English World dictionary

  • unlooked for — index fortuitous, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseeable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • unlooked-for — adj. unexpected, unforeseen. * * * unlooked for f13 [unlooked for] [ʌnˈlʊkt fɔː(r)] [ʌnˈlʊkt fɔːr] adjective (formal) not expected • …   Useful english dictionary

  • unlooked-for — /un lookt fawr /, adj. not expected, anticipated, or foreseen: They were confronted with an unlooked for situation. [1525 35; from phrase look for; see UN 1, ED2] * * * …   Universalium

  • unlooked-for — un|looked for [ʌnˈlukt fo: US fo:r] adj not expected ▪ unlooked for success …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • unlooked-for — un|looked for [ ʌn lukt fɔr ] adjective not expected: an unlooked for reward …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • unlooked for — not expected or foreseen. → unlooked …   English new terms dictionary

  • unlooked-for — unexpected, not anticipated; not hoped for …   English contemporary dictionary

  • unlooked-for — adj unforeseen, unexpected, unanticipated, unhoped for, unpredicted, unthought of; sudden, abrupt, precipitate, out of the blue; surprise, surprising, astonishing, startling; unwonted, unusual, unpredictable; accidental, undesigned, unintentional …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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