unhoped-for

adjective
UK: /ˌʌnˈhəʊpt fɔː(r)/
US: /ˌʌnˈhoʊpt fɔːr/

  1. Unexpectedly good or fortunate; something that was not expected to happen.

    1. The team celebrated their unhoped-for victory with great joy.
    2. The discovery of the lost artifact was an unhoped-for event for the museum, making headlines worldwide.

Synonyms

unforeseen fortunate unanticipated lucky unexpected

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The phonetic transcription of "unhoped-for" is /ˌʌnˈhəʊpt fɔː(r)/ in British English and /ˌʌnˈhoʊpt fɔːr/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "unhoped-for": unforeseen, fortunate, unanticipated, lucky, unexpected.

Example usage of "unhoped-for": "The team celebrated their unhoped-for victory with great joy.". More examples on the page.