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unsurprising

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un·sur·pris·ing  (nsr-przng)
adj.
Not surprising; expected: unsurprising plot developments.
unsur·prising·ly adv.
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Adj.1.unsurprisingunsurprising - not causing surprise                
expected - considered likely or probable to happen or arrive; "prepared for the expected attack"
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"
unsurprising
adjective predictable, expected, understandable, predicted, foreseeable, only to be expected, not unexpected It is unsurprising that he remains so hated.
Translations
unsurprising [ˈʌnsəˈpraɪzɪŋ] ADJ → nada sorprendente
unsurprising [ˌʌnsərˈpraɪzɪŋ] adj → pas étonnant(e), pas surprenant(e)
unsurprising
adj → wenig überraschend


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Since all acts of white men were surprises, the only surprise of action they could achieve for a black man would be the doing of an unsurprising thing.
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