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unlooked-for::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | out of the blue, unanticipated, unforeseen, unseen |
a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy.
Examples of unlooked-for
unlooked-for
I will leave you to imagine the slightly alloyed joy this unlooked for treat provoked.
From the themercury.com.au
It was the unlooked-for incandesence of the pro-abortion crowd.
From the economist.com
Unlooked-for interference from a bishop is seldom appreciated.
From the guardian.co.uk
So I fully expect the unlooked-for in 2013.
From the independent.co.uk
Thank you for such unlooked for blessing.
From the psychcentral.com
We may even have the unlooked-for pleasure of being useful to someone else who draws strength from what we've built.
From the guardian.co.uk
Every tradesman's bill comes with an unlooked-for additional 20 percent kick-back to the government in return for nothing at all.
From the guardian.co.uk
Once, after over a decade of uninterrupted victories which began in 1996 at the age of twenty-one, he was asked to explain an unlooked-for failure in a major championship.
From the online.wsj.com
It's the equivalent of painting with film, revealing, for example, the unlooked-for loveliness in smoke from arson fires rising languidly through the trees.
From the latimes.com
