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unexpected

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un·ex·pect·ed  (nk-spktd)
adj.
Coming without warning; unforeseen.
unex·pected·ly adv.
unex·pected·ness n.
unexpected
Adjective
surprising or unforeseen
unexpectedly adv
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Adj.1.unexpectedunexpected - not expected or anticipated; "unexpected guests"; "unexpected news"
surprising - causing surprise or wonder or amazement; "the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data"; "leaped up with surprising agility"; "she earned a surprising amount of money"
expected - considered likely or probable to happen or arrive; "prepared for the expected attack"
unexpected
adjective unforeseen, surprising, unanticipated, chance, sudden, astonishing, startling, unpredictable, accidental, abrupt, out of the blue, unannounced, fortuitous, unheralded, unlooked-for, not bargained for << OPPOSITE expected
Translations
Spanish unexpected [ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd] adj → inesperado
French unexpected [ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd] adj → inattendu(e) → imprévu(e)
German unexpected [ʌnɪksˈpɛktɪd] adj → unerwartet
Italian unexpected [ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd] adj → inatteso/a, imprevisto/a
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The tendency of the individual life is to be static rather than dynamic, and this tendency is made into a propulsion by civilization, where the obvious only is seen, and the unexpected rarely happens.
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This sudden kindness at your hands will only make me more watchful, lest under these unexpected favors to myself, you have some private ends to accomplish for your own benefit, and for my master's injury.
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"Well, cheer up," the Author resumed; "fame comes at the most unexpected times.
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