unhoped-for

American  

[uhn-hohpt-fawr] / ʌnˈhoʊptˌfɔr /

adjective

1. unexpected; unanticipated.

   an unhoped-for piece of good luck.

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unhoped-for British  

/ ˌʌnˈhəʊptfɔː /

adjective

1. (esp of something pleasant) not anticipated; unexpected

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Etymology

Origin of unhoped-for

1590–1600; from the phrase hope for; see un- ¹, -ed ²

Example Sentences

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unhoped-for

Catherine takes Toni's love as one of her rights, and he diffidently accepts her favors as an unhoped-for privilege.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is a sensational event, as well as an unhoped-for honor for our little city .

From Time Magazine Archive

I saw even that to be thus frankly addressed on a subject he had deemed unapproachable—to hear it thus freely handled—was beginning to be felt by him as a new pleasure—an unhoped-for relief.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

It seemed as if an invisible bond had burst, and that I had struggled out into unhoped-for liberty.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

I seemed to be hanging there at the brim of my stale and painful den, staring at the unthought-of greatness of the world, with an unhoped-for wind out of heaven blowing upon my face.

From The Passionate Friends by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells