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Definitions for unexpected
ˌʌn ɪkˈspɛk tɪdun·ex·pect·ed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. unexpectedadjective

    not expected or anticipated

    "unexpected guests"; "unexpected news"

Wiktionary

  1. unexpectedadjective

    not expected, anticipated or foreseen

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Unexpectedadjective

    Not thought on; sudden; not provided against.

    Have wisdom to provide always beforehand, that those evils overtake us not, which death unexpected doth use to bring upon careless men; and although it be sudden in itself, nevertheless, in regard of our prepared minds, it may not be sudden. Richard Hooker, b. v. §. 46.

    Sith evils, great and unexpected, do cause oftentimes even them to think upon divine power with fearfullest suspicions, which have been otherwise the most sacred adorers thereof; how should we look for any constant resolution of mind in such cases, saving only where unfeigned affection to God, hath bred the most assured confidence to be assisted by his hand? Richard Hooker, b. v. §. 1.

    O unexpected stroke! worse than death!
    Must I thus leave thee, paradise? John Milton, Par. Lost.

    Them unexpected joy surpriz’d,
    When the great ensign of Messiah blaz’d. John Milton.

    Their unexpected loss and plaints out-breath’d. John Milton.

    Some amazement;
    But such as sprung from wonder, not from fear,
    It was so unexpected. John Denham, Sophy.

    To the pale foes they suddenly draw near,
    And summon them to unexpected fight. Dryden.

    Deep was the wound; he stagger’d with the blow,
    And turn’d him to his unexpected foe. Dryden.

    When Barcelona was taken by a most unexpected accident of a bomb lighting on the magazine, then the Catalonians revolted. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. unexpected

    Unexpected generally refers to something that is unforeseen, not anticipated, or predicted. It typically relates to an event, action, result, or situation that is surprising due to it not being planned or previously considered likely to happen.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unexpectedadjective

    not expected; coming without warning; sudden

Wikidata

  1. Unexpected

    "Unexpected" is the sixteenth episode of the first season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. Regular cast members Noah Gray-Cabey, Ali Larter and Leonard Roberts do not appear in this episode. Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance in the episode as the driver of the bus Hiro gets on. Although Ali Larter does not appear on this episode, she does do the voice over for the Previously on Heroes, which for the only time to date is placed after the first scene.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Unexpected

    un-eks-pek′ted, adj. not expected, coming without warning, sudden.—adj. Unexpec′tant, not expectant.—adv. Unexpect′edly.—n. Unexpec′tedness.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'unexpected' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4258

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'unexpected' in Adjectives Frequency: #585

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unexpected in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unexpected in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of unexpected in a Sentence

  1. Elizabeth Ananat:

    Low-income families are easily derailed by these unexpected expenses.

  2. Gu Yongtao:

    This is quite unexpected, the slump apparently triggered intensified selling, while the trigger of the circuit breaker seems to have heightened panic, as liquidity was suddenly gone and this is something no one has experienced before. It was a stampede.

  3. Paul Feig:

    I like when movies surprise you and things are unexpected but in very emotional ways -- something that affects you so deeply and connects you even more to the characters and makes their journey become even more clear.

  4. Helitzer:

    Good humor is a paradox. The unexpected juxtaposition of the reasonable next to the unreasonable.

  5. Izzy Huygen:

    Guys were just notified this morning as they woke up in camp, they were supposed to be there until June, July and August. It was supposed to be a gradual decline through the summer, so this was unexpected.

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