Definitions for unlooked-forʌnˈlʊkt
ADVERTISEMENT
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
un•looked′-for`ʌnˈlʊkt(adj.)
not expected or foreseen.
Origin of unlooked-for:
1525–35
Princeton's WordNet
unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue(p)(adj)
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"
Wiktionary
unlooked-for(Adjective)
Not expected or anticipated; unforeseen
Webster Dictionary
Unlooked-for(adj)
not looked for; unexpected; as, an unlooked-for event
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"unlooked-for." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2013. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://www.definitions.net/definition/unlooked-for>.