UNHOPED-FOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unhoped-for mean? 

• UNHOPED-FOR (adjective)
  The adjective UNHOPED-FOR has 1 sense:

1. so unexpected as to have not been imagined

  Familiarity information: UNHOPED-FOR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNHOPED-FOR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

So unexpected as to have not been imagined

Synonyms:

unhoped; unhoped-for; unthought; unthought-of

Context example:

an unthought-of place to find the key

Similar:

unexpected (not expected or anticipated)

 Context examples 

I saw even that to be thus frankly addressed on a subject he had deemed unapproachable—to hear it thus freely handled—was beginning to be felt by him as a new pleasure—an unhoped-for relief.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)