Usually means: Unexpected and not anticipated beforehand.
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  1. unlooked-for: Merriam-Webster
  2. unlooked-for: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. unlooked-for: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. unlooked-for, unlooked-for: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. unlooked-for: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  9. unlooked-for: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. unlooked-for: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  13. Unlooked-for: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. unlooked-for: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. unlooked-for: Rhymezone
  16. Unlooked-for: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. unlooked-for: FreeDictionary.org
  18. unlooked-for: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. unlooked-for: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Alternative form of unlooked for [Not expected or anticipated; unforeseen.]

Similar:
unexpected, unanticipated, unforeseen, out of the blue, unlooked for, uncalled for, un-noticed, unlooked-at, unsupposed, unhoped-for, more...

Opposite:
expected, anticipated, predicted, foreseen

Types:
unexpected, surprising, unanticipated, unwelcome, unplanned, more...

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Similar:
unexpected, unanticipated, unforeseen, out of the blue, unlooked for, uncalled for, un-noticed, unlooked-at, unsupposed, unhoped-for, more...

Opposite:
expected, anticipated, predicted, foreseen

Types:
unexpected, surprising, unanticipated, unwelcome, unplanned, more...



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