"unlooked" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unlooked [comparative], most unlooked [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + looked. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|looked}} un- + looked Head templates: {{en-adj}} unlooked (comparative more unlooked, superlative most unlooked)
  1. (archaic) Unlooked for; unanticipated; unexpected. Tags: archaic Derived forms: unlooked-at, unlooked for
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          "ref": "1841, John Payne Collier, The Mad Pranks and Merry Jests of Robin Goodfellow, page 4:",
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          "text": "And, hearing, months ago, my officer, Who has become a convert to the gods Here worshiped, say, that his young daughter was From death restored by Jesus, greatly I Desired to witness some such exercise Of his stupendous powers; when, all unlooked, Th' occasion offered as I now will tell you.",
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        "(archaic) Unlooked for; unanticipated; unexpected."
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          "ref": "1841, John Payne Collier, The Mad Pranks and Merry Jests of Robin Goodfellow, page 4:",
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