unexpected en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/ (US)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English expected English unexpected From un- + expected.
Meanings
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Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.
The windmill presented unexpected difficulties.
1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:Certainly unexpected. The P[awn] is overprotected to the best taste of a Nimzowitsch devotee, and there seems to be no drastic weakness in White's camp to justify this intrusion.
1936 February, Isaac Kashdan, “My Best Games of Chess”, in Chess Review:But the latest Santa Fe development, while not spurring the Rock Island to any further acceleration, has drawn fire from a totally unexpected quarter.
1940 May, “Overseas Railways: Acceleration Proceeds in U.S.A.”, in Railway Magazine, page 298:Providing accommodation is a significant constraint, and an unexpected development from the restoration of services to Okehampton is demand from the Exeter student population to rent local properties.
2024 August 21, 'Industry Insider', “The value of rail reopenings”, in RAIL, number 1016, page 68:She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unexpected | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unexpected | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
unexpectedness · expect the unexpected · unexpected hanging paradox · unexpected red theory · sudden unexpected death syndrome · unexpectedly
Relateds
out of the blue · unplanned · bolt from the blue · contingent · incidental
Synonyms
unlooked for. See Thesaurus:surprising
Translations (77)
hu váratlan (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · fr inattendu (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · ja 意外な (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · lb onerwaart (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · gv neuyerkit (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · ru нежда́нный (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · da uventet (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · es imprevisto (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · nl onverwacht (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · it inaspettato (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · it inatteso (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · lt nelauktas (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · el απροσδόκητος (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · be рапто́ўны (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · tr umulmadık (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · sv otippad (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · la repens (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · ru неожи́данный (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · uk рапто́вий (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · sk nečakaný (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · fi odottamaton (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · vi bất ngờ (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · sk neočakávaný (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · cs nečekaný (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · nn uventa (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · ja 想定外の (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · es inesperado (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · mi whawhati tata (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · es inopinado (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · hy անսպասելի (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · ast inesperáu (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · cs neočekávaný (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · ro neanticipat (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · mi whakaohorere (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · grc ἄελπτος (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · cy annisgwyl (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · grc ἀδόκητος (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · nb uventet (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · nb uventa (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · is óvæntur (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · cmn 出乎意料的 (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · gl inesperado (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · la subitus (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · eo neatendita (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · sl nepričakovan (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · uk нежда́ний (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · fr inopiné (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · uk неочі́куваний (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · mk неочекуван (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · fr imprévu (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · pt inesperado (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · cmn 始料不及的 (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · be нечака́ны (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · ml അപ്രതീക്ഷിതം (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · sv oväntad (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · uk несподі́ваний (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · sh neočèkīvān (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · bg неоча́кван (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · la necopīnātus (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · it improvviso (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · hy անակնկալ (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · el αναπάντεχος (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · az gözlənilməz (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · tr beklenmedik (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · be неспадзява́ны (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · ar مُفَاجِئ (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · el απρόοπτος (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · de unerwartet (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · ro neașteptat (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · ca inesperat (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · ro neprevăzut (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · ja 予想外の (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · pl nieoczekiwany (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · sh неочѐкӣва̄н (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · mi matawhawhati (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · it insperato (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced) · cmn 意外的 (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced)