unlooked-for unlooked-for

Definition(s):

  • (adj) not anticipated

Usage(s):

  1. 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.
  2. Most startling revelation was that im roved tax collections under pay-as-you-go would bring in an unlooked-for $5,067 million.
  3. 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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