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unlooked-for

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un·looked-for (n-lktfôr)
adj.
Not expected; unforeseen: unlooked-for riches.
unlooked-for [ˌʌnˈlʊktfɔː]
adj
unexpected; unforeseen
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Adj.1.unlooked-for - not anticipatedunlooked-for - not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue"
out of the blue, unanticipated, unforeseen
unexpected - not expected or anticipated; "unexpected guests"; "unexpected news"
unlooked-for
Translations
unlooked-for [ʌnˈlʊktfɔːʳ] ADJ → inesperado, inopinado
unlooked-for
adj → unerwartet, unvorhergesehen; welcome also → unverhofft
unlooked-for [ˌʌnˈluktfɔːʳ] adj → inaspettato/a, inatteso/a
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