unthought

[uhn-thawt]

verb

simple past tense and past participle of unthink.

adjective

not thought; not framed in a thought or thoughts: an unthought advantage.

not expected; not anticipated (often followed by of): an unthought-of place to find the key.

Origin of unthought

1530–40; (defs 2, 3) un-¹ + thought²

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Historical Examples of unthought-of

Since, there is a change—the unthought-of presence of the dog having produced it.
The Death Shot
Mayne Reid
She seemed to arouse within him all sorts of unthought-of possibilities.
The Day of Judgment
Joseph Hocking
In the harem the Arab woman is cared for with an unthought-of luxury.
In the Land of Mosques & Minarets
Francis Miltoun
Lady Etheridge, prepare yourself for most unthought-of news.
Olla Podrida
Frederick Marryat
The Government has taken to itself unprecedented and unthought-of powers because of the necessities of our condition.
Address by Honorable Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior at Conference of Regional Chairmen of the Highway Transport Committee Council of National Defence
US Government

British Dictionary definitions for unthought-of

unthought-of

adjective

unimaginable; inconceivable

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