Pronunciations (2)
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/ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/
Pronunciation notes
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ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd
Pronunciation notes
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Adjective
Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.
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More examples (2)
She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.
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.
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.
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Providing accommodation is a significant constraint, and an unexpected development from the restoration of services to Okehampton is demand from the Exeter student population to rent local properties.
Noun
Someone or something unexpected.
Usage- Rare
Adjective
not expected or anticipated
- Antonyms
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unexpected guests
unexpected news