unlooked-for

• Veraltetes Adjektiv, das etwas Unerwartetes oder nicht Vorhergesehenes bezeichnet; oft im Sinne von unverhofft oder unerwartet eintretend.

An old-fashioned adjective meaning unexpected or not anticipated.

1. Unexpected or unanticipatedC1formal

   Not looked for or expected; happening without warning.

   Unerwartet

   • The unlooked-for arrival of the package surprised everyone.
   • His promotion was an unlooked-for event in the company.
   • They received an unlooked-for inheritance from a distant relative.

   Synonymesuddensurprisingunanticipatedunexpectedunforeseenunhoped-forunpredictedunthought-of

   Antonymeanticipatedexpected