unhoped

English

Etymology

un- +‎ hoped

Adjective

unhoped (not comparable)

Not hoped for; unexpected.
- 1660, [John] Dryden, Astraea Redux:
  The Prince of peace would like himself confer / A gift unhoped, without the price of war
- 1744, Eliza Fowler Haywood, The Fortunate Foundlings‎:
  With these words he gave him a letter directed, as he had said, but not sealed, which Horatio, after he had manifested the sense he had of so unhoped an obligation, reminded him of.
- 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 289:
  Men on cycles, lean-faced, unkempt, scorched along every country lane, shouting of unhoped deliverance, shouting to gaunt, staring figures of despair.

Usage notes

unhoped-for is more frequently encountered.

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