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unlooked-for

[uhn-lookt-fawr] / ʌnˈlʊktˌfɔr /




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Both actors completely inhabit their absorbing roles, relishing the opportunity their exchanges provide and adding unlooked-for layers to a complicated human relationship.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 25, 2023

Like she did with Bloodborne PSX, Walther will provide daily development updates on her Twitter page, offering neat tidbits into the making of such an unlooked-for but right-on-time project.

From The Verge Mar. 25, 2022

A Month in the Country is set in 1920; Birkin somehow survived Passchendaele – the extreme shade a setting for his jewel of a Yorkshire summer, an unlooked-for gift given “on borrowed time”.

From The Guardian Aug. 4, 2018

When they rely on what Kassirer calls “quick and dirty summaries,” medical residents no longer give themselves opportunities to enrich their memories with unlooked-for facts.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2014

His hand and shoulder were twitching from the unlooked-for contact.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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