unhoped-for


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Synonyms for unhoped-for

so unexpected as to have not been imagined

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Bodies contort to meet unexpected needs, and lips come together in unhoped-for affection.
A COAST-TO-COAST NCR SURVEY found a surprising and unhoped-for degree of acceptance of the new English Mass among most Catholics.
For European officials, ultra-fast optical fibre networks offer unhoped-for potential for innovation by allowing new online content and services, which translate into growth and new jobs.
He was the one who managed to seal an agreement in Council - admittedly less substantial but practically unhoped-for - on two proposals most member states would not hear of (flag state liability and insurance of ship owners).
For some of them (professionals in Pakistan) migration meant above all the opportunity to realize an unhoped-for marriage.
Knightley's arrival should provide more relief than it does: as the unhoped-for "third to cheer a long evening," he in reality brings an unwelcome re-hash of the mournful occasion of the day, a failed joke that nearly turns into a hurtful misunderstanding, and a wet-blanket admonishment to Emma about her dangerous matchmaking schemes.
It seemed as if an invisible bond had burst, and that I had struggled out into unhoped-for liberty" (39).
THOSE who maintain that the Flat can't match the jumps for sheer emotion had their dumbs well and truly founded on Friday when the racing family Balding hit unhoped-for heights of happiness with Casual Look's Oaks victory.
In this motionless silence I revealed myself in an unhoped-for and unexpected form.
And in September 1997 our resistance met an unhoped-for result.
A wave of new French technology was set to flood formerly unhoped-for Scandinavian markets.