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unexpected

DEFINITIONS OF: unexpected

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adj not expected or anticipated

unexpected guests”
unexpected news”
Synonyms
unannounced, unheralded, unpredicted
without warning or announcement
out of the blue, unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for
not anticipated
unhoped, unhoped-for, unthought, unthought-of
so unexpected as to have not been imagined
unprovided for
not prepared or ready for
upset
used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
surprising
causing surprise or wonder or amazement
Antonyms:
expected
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
anticipated, awaited, hoped-for
expected hopefully
due
scheduled to arrive
expectable
to be expected
matter-of-course
expected or depended upon as a natural or logical outcome
unsurprising
not causing surprise
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