Meaning | not expected or anticipated. |
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Examples | - "unexpected guests"
- "unexpected news"
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Narrower | unannounced, unheralded, unpredicted | Without warning or announcement |
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unanticipated, unforeseen, unseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue | not anticipated |
unhoped, unhoped-for, unthought, unthought-of | So unexpected as to have not been imagined |
unprovided for | not prepared or ready for |
upset | Used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win |
See also | surprising | Causing surprise or wonder or amazement |
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Opposite | expected | Considered likely or probable to happen / happen or arrive |
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Spanish | inesperado |
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Catalan | inesperat |
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Nouns | unexpectedness | extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected |
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Adverbs | unexpectedly | without advance planning |
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unexpectedly | in a way that was not expected |