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unsurprising en · ADJ

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 surprise English -ing English surprising English unsurprising From un- + surprising.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not surprising; expected.
    • The relative popularity of the Kyle of Lochalsh service is unsurprising, given how the famous route jostles with the West Highland Line for the title of Scotland's (and indeed the world's) most scenic rail journey. 2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 47:

Antonyms

surprising

Deriveds

unsurprisingness · unsurprisingly

Translations (15)

de zu erwartend (not surprising) · fi yllätyksetön (not surprising) · pt nada surpreendente (not surprising) · fr peu surprenant (not surprising) · de wenig überraschend (not surprising) · nl niet verrassend (not surprising) · el ανεκπληκτικός (not surprising) · fr attendu (not surprising) · cmn 不令人驚訝的 /不令人惊讶的 (not surprising) · de vorhersehbar (not surprising) · bn অনাশ্চর্যজনক (not surprising) · ru неудиви́тельный (not surprising) · pl niezaskakujący (not surprising) · nl niet verwonderlijk (not surprising) · fr prévu (not surprising)