Unexpected

English

Adjective

Unexpected (comparative more Unexpected, superlative most Unexpected)

1. not expected, anticipated or foreseen

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:surprising

Antonyms

• expected

Adverbs for Unexpected

provokingly; bewllderingly; curiously; utterly; unfeignedly; pitifully; sadly; completely; tragically; suddenly; stunningly; startlingly; terribly; obviously; manifestly; undoubtedly.

Thesaurus

abrupt, accidental, adventitious, aleatory, antic, breakaway, casual, causeless, chance, chancy, contingent, destinal, dicey, electrifying, extraordinary, fanciful, fantastic, fatal, fatidic, fluky, fortuitous, hasty, headlong, iffy, impetuous, impossible, improbable, impulsive, incidental, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, indeterminate, more than expected, nerve-shattering, offbeat, out-of-the-way, past expectation, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, quick, rare, recherche, risky, shocking, speedy, startling, sudden, sui generis, surprising, swift, unaccountable, unannounced, unanticipated, unbelievable, uncaused, uncommon, uncustomary, undetermined, undivined, undreamed-of, unfamiliar, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unguessed, unheard-of, unheralded, unhoped for, unimaginable, unique, unlooked-for, unordinary, unpredictable, unpredicted, unprepared for, unthought-of, unusual, unwonted, without warning

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Translations

not expected, anticipated or foreseen

Czech: nečekaný (cs) m. Dutch: onverwacht (nl) Esperanto: neatendita (eo) French: inattendu (fr) m., inattendue (fr) f. German: unerwartet (de) Greek: αναπάντεχος (el) (anapántechos) m., απροσδόκητος (el) (aprosdókitos) m., απρόοπτος (el) (apróoptos) m.

Hungarian: váratlan (hu) Polish: nieoczekiwany Portuguese: inesperado (pt) Romanian: neaşteptat (ro) m. and n., neprevăzut (ro) m. and n., neanticipat (ro) m. and n. Spanish: inesperado (es) Swedish: oväntad (sv)

See also

• bolt from the blue, out of the blue