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Definition: Unhoped |
UnhopedAdjective1. 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" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references) |
Synonyms: UnhopedSynonyms: unhoped-for (adj), unthought (adj), unthought-of (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inexpectation | Unexpected, unanticipated, unpredicted, unlooked for, unforeseen, unhoped for; dropped from the clouds; beyond expectation, contrary to expectation, against expectation, against all expectation; out of one's reckoning; unheard of; (exceptional); startling, surprising; sudden; (instantaneous). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "unhoped": unhoped-for. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unhoped"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i papritur (abrupt, accidental, precipitate, sudden, surprising, unasked, uncontemplated, undreamed of, undreamt of, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked for, unrehearsed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | неочакван (accidental, emergent, snap, strange, sudden, surprise, surprising, swift, unanticipated, uncontemplated, undreamed of, undreamt of, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped-for, unlooked for, unrehearsed, unsought, unsuspected), ненадеен (abrupt, sudden, surprise, surprising, unhoped-for, unlooked for, untrustworthy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | neoèekávaný (casual, sudden, surprise, unexpected, unhoped-for, unlooked for), nenadálý (sudden, unexpected, unhoped-for, unlooked for), neèekaný (unbidden, unexpected, unhoped-for, unlooked for). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unverhofft (unexpected, unhoped-for, unlocked-for). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανέλπιστοσ (unexpected). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nem remélt (unhoped-for). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gyn jerkalys (desperate, unexpected, unforeseen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | opedunhay inesperado (abrupt, accidental, knockdown, sudden, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked-for). (various references) неожиданный (off-guard, sudden, surprising, uncontemplated, undreamedof, undreamtof, unexpected, unlooked for, unlooked-for, unrehearsed, unsuspected, upbeat). (various references) nenadan (sudden, unexpected). (various references) de pocas esperanzas. (various references) umulmadık (improbable, sudden, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped-for, unimagined, unlooked for, unsuspected, unthought of), beklenmedik (abrupt, adventitious, heaven-sent, improbable, snap, sudden, surprise, unannounced, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped-for, unimagined, unlooked for). (various references) несподіваний (abrupt, accidental, extempore, helter-skelter, occasional, surprising, unexpected, unlooked for, unsuspected). (various references) không mong ước (unhoped-for, unwished-for), không đợi chờ (unhoped-for), bất ngờ (abrupt, fortuitous, unanticipated, unhoped-for). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-h-n-o-p-u" | |
-1 letter: phoned. | |
-2 letters: ephod, honed, hoped, hound, ouphe, phone, pound, upend. | |
-3 letters: done, dope, dune, dupe, hoed, hone, hope, hued, node, nope, nude, ohed, oped, open, ouph, pend, peon, phon, pond, pone, unde, undo, updo, upon. | |
-4 letters: den, doe, don, due, duh, dun, duo, dup, edh, end, eon, hen, hep, hod, hoe, hon, hop, hue. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-h-n-o-p-u" | |
+3 letters: outpunched, unpolished. | |
+4 letters: openmouthed. | |
+5 letters: monadelphous, photoinduced, unchaperoned. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 68 6F 70 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. .... --- .--. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01101000 01101111 01110000 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n h o p e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0068 006F 0070 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)55807481827170 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Expressions 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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