Unexpected
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Unexpected is an adjective meaning Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.
Meaning
Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.
More Meanings
- (rare) Someone or something unexpected.
Example Sentences
The windmill presented unexpected difficulties.
But the latest Santa Fe development, while not spurring the Rock Island to any further acceleration, has drawn fire from a totally unexpected quarter.
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.
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.
Word Forms
- unexpecteds
Synonyms for unexpected
Depending on context, synonyms include surprising, sudden, unanticipated, unheralded, unpredicted, forced.
Antonyms for unexpected
Common opposites include expected.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unheralded, unplanned, unhoped, unhoped-for, unthought, unannounced.
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