hoped for

See also: hoped-for

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hoped for (comparative more hoped for, superlative most hoped for)

  1. desired; wished for.
    • 1958 May, Rev. A. W. V. Mace, “North Wales and the "Irish Mail"”, in Railway Magazine, page 310:
      There had never before been a known case of fraudulent claim of this sort. The man received, not his hoped-for £4,000, but eighteen months imprisonment instead.
    • 1968, Leonard E. Goodall, The American Metropolis, page 5:
      Unfortunately, the job opportunities they are seeking are often more hoped for than real, […]

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