unlooked-for
unlooked-for unlooked-for
Definition(s):
- (adj) not anticipated
Synonym(s)
Usage(s):
- That so soign a soul as Lucius Beebe should ride a hobby as undandified as railroading is as unlooked-for as red wine with fish.
- Most startling revelation was that im roved tax collections under pay-as-you-go would bring in an unlooked-for $5,067 million.
- One day brought an unlooked-for diversion.
Quotes
- Sir Patrick said his knighthood - announced in the New Year Honours List - had been "an unlooked-for honour". "The knights of the theatre represented to me not only the pinnacle of the profession but the esteem in which the profession was...on Jun 2, 2010 By: Patrick Stewart Source: BBC News
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