unexpected
//ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd//
Forms
- Comparative
- more unexpected
- Superlative
- most unexpected
Definitions
1.Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.
- But the latest Santa Fe development, while not spurring the Rock Island to any further acceleration, has drawn fire from a totally unexpected quarter.
- The windmill presented unexpected difficulties.
- 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.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3845
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English expected
English unexpected
From un- + expected.