Word Meanings - UNLOOKED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not observed or foreseen; unexpected; -- generally with for. "Unlooked success." Denham. She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all. Pope.

Related words: (words related to UNLOOKED)

• UNEXPECTATION
  Absence of expectation; want of foresight. Bp. Hall.
• SUCCESS
  1. Act of succeeding; succession. Then all the sons of these five brethren reigned By due success. Spenser. 2. That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort.
• OBSERVANCY
  Observance.
• UNEXPECTED
  Not expected; coming without warning; sudden. -- Un`ex*pect"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`ex*pect"ed*ness, n.
• SUCCESSLESS
  Having no success. Successless all her soft caresses prove. Pope. -- Suc*cess"less*ly, adv. -- Suc*cess"less*ness, n.
• OBSERVANTLY
  In an observant manner.
• SUCCESSION
  1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters. 2. A series of persons or things according to
• SUCCESSIVELY
  In a successive manner. The whiteness, at length, changed successively into blue, indigo, and violet. Sir I. Newton.
• COMES
  The answer to the theme in a fugue.
• OBSERVANTINE
  One of a branch of the Order of Franciscans, who profess to adhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention of the founder, especially as to poverty; -- called also Observants.
• SUCCESSFUL
  Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise. Welcome,
• OBSERVATIVE
  Observing; watchful.
• OBSERVATION CAR
  A railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route; a car open, or with glass sides, or with a kind of open balcony at the rear.
• OBSERVING
  Giving particular attention; habitually attentive to what passes; as, an observing person; an observing mind. -- Ob*serv"ing*ly, adv.
• SUCCESSIONIST
  A person who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, etc.; especially , one who insists that apostolic succession alone is valid.
• GENERALLY
  1. In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently. 2. In a general way, or in general relation; in the main; upon the whole; comprehensively. Generally speaking, they live very quietly. Addison. 3. Collectively; as a
• SUCCESSIVE
  1. Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive strokes
• UNLOOKED-FOR
  Not looked for; unexpected; as, an unlooked-for event.
• OBSERVER
  1. One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; as, an astronomical observer. The observed of all observers. Shak. Careful observers may foretell the hour, By
• OBSERVANDUM
  A thing to be observed. Swift.
• MISOBSERVE
  To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.
• UNSUCCESSFUL
  Not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy. -- Un`suc*cess"ful*ly, adv. -- Un`suc*cess"ful*ness, n.
• INSUCCESS
  Want of success. Feltham.
• MISOBSERVER
  One who misobserves; one who fails to observe properly.
• INOBSERVATION
  Neglect or want of observation.
• NONOBSERVANCE
  Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.