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UNTHOUGHT-OF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unthought-of mean? 

UNTHOUGHT-OF (adjective)
  The adjective UNTHOUGHT-OF has 1 sense:

1. so unexpected as to have not been imaginedplay

  Familiarity information: UNTHOUGHT-OF used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNTHOUGHT-OF (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 


He LOOKED all the astonishment which such unexpected, such unthought-of information could not fail of exciting; but he said only these two words, Colonel Brandon!

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)



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