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Unhoped vs Unhosed - What's the difference?

unhoped | unhosed |

As adjectives the difference between unhoped and unhosed

is that unhoped is not hoped for; unexpected while unhosed is not wearing hose.

unhoped

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Not hoped for; unexpected.
  • *{{quote-book, year=, author=John Dryden, title=The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Vol I, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The Prince of peace would like himself confer / A gift unhoped , without the price of war }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=, author=Eliza Fowler Haywood, title=The Fortunate Foundlings, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=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. }}

    Usage notes

    * (unhoped-for) is more frequently encountered.

    unhosed

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not wearing hose.
  • Not having been hosed or watered.
    • (Webster 1913)