unlooked

[ uhn-lookt ]

adjective

1. not examined, investigated, or heeded (usually followed by into, on, or at ):

   a crime that remains unlooked into.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unlooked¹

1250–1300 for earlier sense; 1555–65 for current sense; Middle English: neglected; un- ¹, look, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Edna's desire to see Mademoiselle Reisz had increased tenfold since these unlooked-for obstacles had arisen to thwart it.

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The good man then devoted his unlooked-for fortune to philanthropies in concert with Judge Popinot.

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One unlooked-for result of the evenings happenings was that OLearys antagonism to Dangerfield seemed completely to disappear.

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This unlooked-for intelligence, had it reached her in a different way, would have delighted as much as it astonished her.

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The Church shortly discovered an entirely unlooked-for evil, insidious, demoralizing—the political corruption of voters.

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