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- DictionaryUn·ex·pect·ed/ˌənəkˈspektəd/
adjective
- 1. not expected or regarded as likely to happen: "his death was totally unexpected"
The meaning of UNEXPECTED is not expected : unforeseen. How to use unexpected in a sentence.
UNEXPECTED definition: 1. not expected: 2. used to say that surprising or strange things are likely to happen: 3. not…. Learn more.
When you don't anticipate something, and have no clue that it's coming, you can call it unexpected. A successful surprise party is always unexpected, and an unexpected visitor can be exciting or inconvenient, depending on who it is.
Unexpected definition: not expected; unforeseen; surprising. See examples of UNEXPECTED used in a sentence.
Synonyms for UNEXPECTED: sudden, unanticipated, unforeseen, abrupt, unlooked-for, unlikely, unplanned, improbable; Antonyms of UNEXPECTED: anticipated, expected, foreseen, predicted, unsurprising, prophesied.
adjective. /ˌʌnɪkˈspektɪd/ if something is unexpected, it surprises you because you were not expecting it. Things took an unexpected turn. an unexpected death. The news was disappointing but not unexpected. an unexpected result/consequence. The film has some unexpected twists. an unexpected visitor. The announcement was not entirely unexpected.
unexpected. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English un‧ex‧pect‧ed /ˌʌnɪkˈspektɪd / adjective used to describe something that is surprising because you were not expecting it The experiment produced some unexpected results. Her death was totally unexpected.
UNEXPECTED meaning: Something that is unexpected surprises you because you did not know it was going to happen: . Learn more.
adjective. Not expected; unforeseen. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: unsuspected. unpredictable. unannounced. supervenient. unlooked-for. unheralded. unforeseen. unanticipated. surprising. sudden. startling. accidental. incongruous. unplanned. impulsive. Antonyms: expected. Origin of Unexpected. un- +"Ž expected.
Unexpected definition: not expected; unforeseen; surprising. See examples of UNEXPECTED used in a sentence.
