unlooked-for

What does unlooked-for mean?

unlooked-for means "not anticipated".

How many syllables are in unlooked-for?

unlooked-for has 4 syllables and divides as un-loo-ked--for under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for unlooked-for?

Close synonyms include unanticipated, unforeseen, unseen, out of the blue. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is unlooked-for a common word?

unlooked-for is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for unlooked-for come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.