unhoped-for

[uhn-hohpt-fawr]

adjective

unexpected; unanticipated: an unhoped-for piece of good luck.

Origin of unhoped-for

1590–1600; from the phrase hope for; see un-¹, -ed²

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Examples from the Web for unhoped-for

Historical Examples of unhoped-for

It was, in fact, this unhoped-for pleasure which so delighted them.
The Fortune of the Rougons
Emile Zola
You, madame, beneath my roof; this is an unhoped-for condescension!
Fairy Fingers
Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
Here was an unhoped-for opportunity of accomplishing this in privacy, and at his leisure.
The Tinted Venus
F. Anstey
To Davis it was like the unhoped-for realization of a dream.
Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry
Thomas Davis
Stover slapped his foot on first base with the joy of unhoped-for victory.
The Varmint
Owen Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for unhoped-for

unhoped-for

adjective

(esp of something pleasant) not anticipated; unexpected

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