unhoped

Examples

• All

• Winning the championship was an unhoped-for achievement for the young team.

• The reality of strife is obvious, but Heraclitus warns that the obvious is not the whole truth: "nature (phusis) loves to hide" (125); "unless he hopes for the unhoped for, he will not discover it, for it is not to be found out, and it is trackless" (18).

  Academic text (1991)

• No more unhoped-for content erasing will happen.

  Blog text (17)

• In this motionless silence, I revealed myself in an unhoped-for and unexpected form.

  Fiction book (1998)

• She received an unhoped-for message that changed her plans completely.

Synonyms

U

unexpected

vsunhoped

392 2.5

Happening without warning

is more extreme pointing to being beyond imagination and expectation

U

unimaginable

vsunhoped

63 5.4

So strange or large that people cannot believe it

is similar but stresses being beyond ordinary imagination or expectation

I

inconceivable

vsunhoped

46 7.4

Impossible to imagine or believe

is like that but adds sense of being beyond any prior imagining or expectation

U

unforeseen

vsunhoped

37 4.7

Not expected to happen

is stronger implying impossibility to imagine rather than mere unexpectedness

U

unseen

vsunhoped

12 5.1

Not expected before and causing trouble or surprise

is more extreme saying it was beyond imagined possibility or notice

U

unanticipated

vsunhoped

10 5.8

Happening suddenly without warning

is stronger saying it was beyond any imagined possibility or expectation

I

in someone's wildest dreams

vsunhoped

• Informal

8 6.1

Far more than someone could ever imagine

is similarly extreme but focuses on being unimaginable and unexpected

U

unforeseeable

vsunhoped

5 6.7

Impossible to know before it happens

is more about being beyond imagination than simply unplanned or not predicted

U

unsuspected

vsunhoped

2 5.3

Not known or expected to be there

is stronger meaning it was beyond any imagined possibility or expectation

U

undreamed

vsunhoped

2 8.4

Not imagined or expected, even in your wildest dreams

is the same extreme sense beyond ordinary imagination or expectation

U

unimagined

vsunhoped

2 7.0

Not thought of before or expected

is stronger meaning beyond what anyone could imagine or foresee

U

unheralded

vsunhoped

1 7.4

Happening suddenly without warning

is more about being beyond imagination rather than only lacking announcement

U

unpredicted

vsunhoped

1 5.1

Happening when no one expects it

is more extreme meaning beyond what anyone could imagine before

U

unthought

vsunhoped

1 9.5

Not imagined or expected before

is more extreme meaning it was beyond all imagination or expectation

U

unlooked-for

vsunhoped

1 8.0

Not expected and coming as a surprise

is stronger meaning it was beyond anyone's conceivable thoughts

U

undreamed of

vsunhoped

1 7.5

Far greater or more surprising than people ever imagined

is more extreme meaning beyond what could be imagined or expected

U

unwonted

vsunhoped

• Literature

1 9.9

Not usual or expected in a situation

is more extreme meaning it was beyond imagination rather than merely unusual

U

unhoped-for

vsunhoped

7.8

An unexpected pleasant event that brings good results

is the hyphenated or common phrasing for the same idea

U

unconceived

vsunhoped

8.6

Not thought of before

is vaster implying it was beyond any previous imagination or plan

U

unthought-of

vsunhoped

7.9

No one expects it before it happens

is stronger saying it was beyond what anyone could imagine

Antonyms

H

hoped-for

28 3.5

Wanted or expected because people want a good result

A

anticipated

3.7

Likely to happen soon and making people feel excited

How Unexpected

unhoped

9.9

astonishing

5 3.4

unexpected

392 2.5

unlikely

487 1.9

possible

∞ 1.0

expected

1.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology