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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unsurprising - not causing surpriseunsurprising - 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] ADJnada sorprendente
unsurprising [ˌʌnsərˈpraɪzɪŋ] adjpas étonnant(e), pas surprenant(e)
unsurprising
adjwenig 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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