unexpected

Speech parts

1. unexpected - Noun

2. unexpected - Adjective

Meaning

Not expected; coming without warning; sudden.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

chance sudden surprising abrupt startling fortuitous unforeseeable unforeseen unlooked-for unplanned unanticipated unpredicted serendipitous swift lulu
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Antonyms

expected due average simple regular normal
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Phrases with the word

unexpected result hardly unexpected more unexpected not unexpected experience an unexpected malfunction unexpected success

Anagrams

unexcepted

Examples

Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man. Leon Trotsky

If an unexpected temptation comes, don't blame the one through whom it came, but seek out the reason. Thus you will find correction for your soul. Maximus the Confessor

Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected. George Soros

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience. George Bernard Shaw

Watch out for the unexpected mushroom. Sicilian Proverb

The unexpected always happens. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

unexpectant unexpectantly unexpectation unexpected conclusion unexpected consequence unexpected death