unlooked-for
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of unlooked-for
Example Sentences
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Both actors completely inhabit their absorbing roles, relishing the opportunity their exchanges provide and adding unlooked-for layers to a complicated human relationship.
From Los Angeles Times
More to the point, Brittany’s obstacles do not fade away even as she sheds pounds, and unlooked-for issues of intimacy, trust and belief in self come to the fore.
From Los Angeles Times
That unlooked-for combination of the heartening and heartbreak pushes “The Russian Five” to the very top.
From Los Angeles Times
But like many successful women, she brushes off her achievements, attributing her unlooked-for wins to luck.
From New York Times
The rebuttal here is that the danger of keeping Trump in office is too great — a point with which I sympathize, because I fear Trump’s incapacity in an unlooked-for crisis.
From New York Times
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