Definitions for unhoped-for

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

unhoped′-for`(adj.)

  1. unexpected; unanticipated.

Origin of unhoped-for:

1590–1600

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unhoped, unhoped-for, unthought, unthought-of(adj)

    so unexpected as to have not been imagined

    "an unhoped-for piece of luck"; "an unthought advantage"; "an unthought-of place to find the key"

Wiktionary

  1. unhoped-for(Adjective)

    Not expected or imagined

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unhoped-for(adj)

    unhoped; unexpected


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