unguessed
Americanadjective
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too mysterious or inconceivable to guess.
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not anticipated or foreseen; coming as a surprise.
Example Sentences
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Photographs of the back or hidden side of the moon may prove quite unexciting, or they may reveal some spectacular new feature now unguessed.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Sheer rose the dreadful cliffs to unguessed heights on either side.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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His object is rather to seize upon some absurd but amusing idiosyncrasy all unguessed by the subject himself, and very often by his friends, for we grow unobservant of everyday occurrence and familiar faces.
From Forty Years of 'Spy' by Ward, Leslie
In this great play the scenes are shifted by unknown forces, and the commencement, plot and end are still unknown—are still unguessed.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green
To what divine and unguessed goals, Comrade, invitest Thou all souls!
From His Lady of the Sonnets by Norwood, Robert W.
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