unexpected

English

Etymology

un- +‎ expected

Pronunciation

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• (US) IPA: /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/

Adjective

unexpected (comparative more unexpected, superlative most unexpected)

1. Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.
   • 1945, George Orwell, Animal Farm, chapter 6

     The windmill presented unexpected difficulties.

Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus:surprising

Antonyms

• expected

Derived terms

• unexpectedly
• unexpectedness

Translations

not expected, anticipated or foreseen

• Asturian: inesperáu (ast)
• Catalan: inesperat (ca)
• Czech: nečekaný (cs) m
• Dutch: onverwacht (nl)
• Esperanto: neatendita (eo)
• French: inattendu (fr)
• Galician: inesperado (gl)
• German: unerwartet (de)
• Greek: αναπάντεχος (el) (anapántechos) m, απροσδόκητος (el) (aprosdókitos) m, απρόοπτος (el) (apróoptos) m

• Hungarian: váratlan (hu)
• Italian: inaspettato (it)
• Manx: neuyerkit (gv)
• Maori: matawhawhati (mi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uventet (nb), uventa (nb)

  Nynorsk: uventa (nn)

• Polish: nieoczekiwany (pl)
• Portuguese: inesperado (pt)
• Romanian: neașteptat (ro) m and n, neprevăzut (ro) m and n, neanticipat (ro) m and n
• Russian: неожи́данный (ru) (neožídannyj)
• Spanish: inesperado (es)
• Swedish: oväntad (sv)

See also

• bolt from the blue, out of the blue