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- Dictionaryunexpected/ˌʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/
adjective
- 1. not expected or regarded as likely to happen: "his death was totally unexpected"
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: not expected : unforeseen. unexpectedly adverb. unexpectedness noun. Synonyms. abrupt. sudden. unanticipated. unforeseen. unlooked-for. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of unexpected in a Sentence. an unexpected turn of events I'm sad that she's leaving, but it was not unexpected.
used to say that surprising or strange things are likely to happen: The show's producers are not offering any details of the new season, except to say viewers should expect the unexpected. See more. Fewer examples. The president made an unexpected announcement this morning. His ascent to power was rapid and unexpected.
Use the adjective unexpected to describe something that takes you by surprise. An unexpected knock on your front door might make you jump. When you don't anticipate something, and have no clue that it's coming, you can call it unexpected.
used to say that surprising or strange things are likely to happen: The show's producers are not offering any details of the new season, except to say viewers should expect the unexpected. See more. Fewer examples. The president made an unexpected announcement this morning. His ascent to power was rapid and unexpected.
Unexpected definition: not expected; unforeseen; surprising. See examples of UNEXPECTED used in a sentence.
Define unexpected. unexpected synonyms, unexpected pronunciation, unexpected translation, English dictionary definition of unexpected. adj. Occurring without warning; unforeseen. un′ex·pect′ed·ly adv. un′ex·pect′ed·ness n.
adjective. /ˌʌnɪkˈspektɪd/ if something is unexpected, it surprises you because you were not expecting it. Things took an unexpected turn. an unexpected death. The news was disappointing but not unexpected. an unexpected result/consequence. The film has some unexpected twists. an unexpected visitor. The announcement was not entirely unexpected.
Something that is unexpected surprises you because you did not think it was likely to happen.
UNEXPECTED meaning: Something that is unexpected surprises you because you did not know it was going to happen: . Learn more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English un‧ex‧pect‧ed /ˌʌnɪkˈspektɪd / adjective used to describe something that is surprising because you were not expecting it The experiment produced some unexpected results. Her death was totally unexpected.
