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Unhoped-for

Definition: Unhoped-for

Unhoped-for

Adjective

1. So unexpected as to have not been imagined; "an unhoped-for piece of luck"; "an unthought advantage"; "an unthought-of place to find the key".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Date "unhoped-for" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references)

Synonyms: Unhoped-for

Synonyms: unhoped (adj), unthought (adj), unthought-of (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Unhoped-for

English words defined with "unhoped-for": unhoped, unthought, unthought-of. (references)

Specialty definitions using "unhoped-for": Chandelier. (references)

Modern Translation: Unhoped-for

Language		Translations for "unhoped-for"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		неочакван (accidental, emergent, snap, strange, sudden, surprise, surprising, swift, unanticipated, uncontemplated, undreamed of, undreamt of, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked for, unrehearsed, unsought, unsuspected), ненадеен (abrupt, sudden, surprise, surprising, unlooked for, untrustworthy). (various references)

Czech		neoèekávaný (casual, sudden, surprise, unexpected, unlooked for), nenadálý (sudden, unexpected, unlooked for), neèekaný (unbidden, unexpected, unlooked for). (various references)

German		unverhofft (unexpected, unlocked-for). (various references)

Hungarian		nem várt (snag, snap, unthought), nem remélt (unhoped). (various references)

Pig Latin		oped-forunhay

Turkish		umulmadık (improbable, sudden, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped, unimagined, unlooked for, unsuspected, unthought of), beklenmedik (abrupt, adventitious, heaven-sent, improbable, snap, sudden, surprise, unannounced, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped, unimagined, unlooked for). (various references)

Vietnamese		không mong ước (unwished-for), không đợi chờ, bất ngờ (abrupt, fortuitous, unanticipated). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Rhyming with "Unhoped-for"

Words rhyming with "unhoped-for" (pronounced 'Un*hoped"-for'): uncalled-for, unlooked-for. (additional references)

Anagrams: Unhoped-for

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-f-h-n-o-o-p-r-u"
	-2 letters: honoured, profound, unroofed.
	-3 letters: fordone, founder, honored, hounder, pounder, proofed, refound, unhoped, unroped.
	-4 letters: dehorn, enduro, fonder, fondue, foredo, honour, hoofed, hoofer, hooped, hooper, horned, operon, phoned, ponder, poohed, poufed, poured, pruned, refund, roofed, rouped, undoer, unhood, unroof, uphroe, uropod.
	-5 letters: donor, doper, drone, droop, drupe, duper, ephod, ephor, foehn, fondu, fordo, found, frond.
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Alternative Orthography: Unhoped-for

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

55 6E 68 6F 70 65 64 2D 66 6F 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010101 01101110 01101000 01101111 01110000 01100101 01100100 00101101 01100110 01101111 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#85 &#110 &#104 &#111 &#112 &#101 &#100 &#45 &#102 &#111 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0055 006E 0068 006F 0070 0065 0064 002D 0066 006F 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5580748182717015728184

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern

5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography

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