What does unsurprise mean?
Unsurprise means Absence of surprise..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Absence of surprise..
And there, in the shadows of the hallway, was my mother, looking up, unsurprised, in this house of unsurprises.
To summarize, theories about learning from failure depict a rather straightforward process: The surprise of failure is followed by a systematic assessment to “unsurprise the past.” Once the part, or otherwise malfunctioning component, has been identified, learning from failure is a question of figuring out new, more functional cause-effect relationships.
“Then try to unsurprise yourself.” But Gienna couldn't remember a thing. His mind went blank. He had thought about her continuously and pictured her a thousand times every moment he was away from her—even dreamed about her—and how the fuck could he not remember a thing like that? “Is this supposed to be the message?” “Tell me the color.” “Dark,” he said. “Sort of brownish-black.”
Use unsurprise when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unsurprise means Absence of surprise..
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And there, in the shadows of the hallway, was my mother, looking up, unsurprised, in this house of unsurprises.
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