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词汇 unlooked-for
释义 unlooked-for
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /ʌnˈlʊkt.fɔːr/ us /ʌnˈlʊkt.fɔːr/
not expected: 出乎意料的,想不到的
unlooked-for joy意外之喜
Synonyms
unexpected
unforeseen
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Not expected or planned
abrupt end
abrupt halt
abruptly
abruptness
ad hoc
inadvertence
inadvertency
inadvertent
inadvertently
inconceivable
sharpness
sine die
spirit
spontaneity
spontaneous
unsuspected
untimely
untoward
unwilled
unwitting

Examples of unlooked-for


unlooked-for
But to achieve the intended results even partially will be a plus, and not all the unlooked-for results may be bad and unfavourable.
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I agree that disastrous, unwanted and unlooked-for damage was done to their health, which none of us could have foreseen.
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I say, with the greatest possible respect, that that unlooked-for opportunity may not recur.
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That would be an unlooked-for advantage for the employee.
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For them, the recent explosion in fair rents has thus been an unlooked-for bonus.
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It is totally unrealistic to think that local elections or general elections held two days before the other may not have severe and unlooked-for effects upon the other.
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But an unlooked-for calamity brought the warfare to an end.
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The unlooked-for things that happen in the process of work are the important ones.
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It was one of those examples of turning an unlooked-for situation to great advantage that makes the creativity of improvised music even more exciting than it ordinarily is.
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Unlooked-for sums of grant will no longer wash into authorities' accounts long after their rates for the year have been set.
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