unhoped
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of unhoped
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at un- 1, hope, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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Wherefore is it grateful to us and far dearer than gold, that thou com'st again, Lesbia, to longing me; com'st yet again, long-looked for and unhoped, thou restorest thyself.
From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Remorse is sorrow with the accompanying idea of something past, which, unhoped for, has happened.
From The Philosophy of Spinoza by Joseph Ratner
But grace is never slow in that, I trust, To wake the mind, before I sink to dust, With those strong energies that lift the soul To scenes unhoped, unthought, above the pole.
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Thomas Campbell
So powerful was the effect on the public mind, not only of this projected enterprise, but of its almost unhoped for discomfiture, that all possible means were taken to commemorate the event.
From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Sutherland Menzies
How much that was unexpected and unhoped for have they not brought!
From The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. by Friedrich Spielhagen
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