Talk:unlooked
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"Not checked, not looked over." Seems strange because you look at something; you don't just look something. Equinox ◑ 21:54, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
- Should it be unlooked at? I don't think "unlooked" can be used on its own. DonnanZ (talk) 10:01, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
- For sure, it is almost always found followed by a preposition, but there are some instances of unlooked standing on its own, so to speak. Most of them seem obsolete to me:
- The more modern citations I could find were a bit dubious. There is this strange, stream-of-consciousness work:
- Lua error in Module:quote at line 2956: Parameter 1 is required.
- And there are a few instances that are probably typos for unlocked, such as:
- Lua error in Module:quote at line 2956: Parameter 1 is required.
- Kiwima (talk) 17:06, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
- I marked it archaic and am calling this RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 20:07, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
- It seems the definition was wrong. All three cites really mean "unlooked for", i.e. not expected or anticipated. I've changed it. Equinox ◑ 01:23, 23 January 2022 (UTC)