unhoped

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un·hoped

(ŭn-hōpt′)

adj. Archaic

Not hoped or looked for.

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Adj.

unhoped - 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"

unhoped-for, unthought, unthought-of

unexpected - not expected or anticipated; "unexpected guests"; "unexpected news"

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Men on cycles, lean-faced, unkempt, scorched along every country lane shouting of unhoped deliverance, shouting to gaunt, staring figures of despair.

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