Unlooked-for

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unlooked-for \Un*looked"-for\, a.
     Not looked for; unexpected; as, an unlooked-for event.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  unlooked-for
       adj : not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of
             development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances";
             "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy";
             "like a bolt out of the blue" [syn: {unanticipated}, {unforeseen},
              {out of the blue(p)}]