Unexpected
[ʌnɪk'spektɪd;ʌnek-] or ['ʌnɪk'spɛktɪd]
Definition
(adj.) not expected or anticipated; 'unexpected guests'; 'unexpected news' .
Edited by Antony--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not expected; coming without warning; sudden.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Sudden, abrupt, unanticipated, unlooked for, unthought of.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Unforeseen, unlocked_for, sudden
ANT:Expected, provided_for, foreseen
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Definition
adj. not expected coming without warning sudden.—adj. Unexpec′tant not expectant.—adv. Unexpect′edly.—n. Unexpec′tedness.
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Examples
- Before I had time to feel shocked, at this, I was horror-struck by an entirely unexpected proceeding on the part of Mr. Godfrey. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I asked, terrified at the unexpected sound, and incapable now of deriving from any occurrence a hope of aid. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I didn't go to do it, Sammy,' said Mr. Weller, in some degree abashed by the very unexpected occurrence of the incident. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- After a pause Madame Olenska broke out with unexpected vehemence: I want to be free; I want to wipe out all the past. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Mr. Gradgrind was extremely discomfited by this unexpected question. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- A great naval battle at Actium (31 B.C.) was decided by the unexpected desertion of Cleopatra with sixty ships in the midst of the fight. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Suddenly, however, an unexpected incident opened up quite a new prospect to me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It came from an unexpected quarter out of the black night behind me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It has been completely unexpected. Jane Austen. Emma.
- You are actually nettled by this slight from an unexpected quarter. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- This is wholly unexpected. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- To Kitty, however, it does not seem so wholly unexpected. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He had actually arrived at twelve o'clock, and appeared to be overwhelmed by the unexpected tragedy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- However, your unexpected visit this morning shows me that even in that world of fresh air and fair play, there may be work for me to do. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- But here an unexpected and singular difficulty presented itself. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Her reply--not given till after a pause--evinced one of those unexpected turns of temper peculiar to her. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Oliver felt stunned and stupefied by the unexpected intelligence; he could not weep, or speak, or rest. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Lord Worcester was overjoyed beyond description at my unexpected return. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Bring with you the limes you have in your desk, was the unexpected command which arrested her before she got out of her seat. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Sam Weller received both of these suggestions with unexpected contempt, and again propounded his question. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- An unexpected sort of place this to meet in; but one never knows, when one gets into the City, what people one may knock up against. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She was a little flurried by the unexpected visit, and the schoolmaster was not at his ease. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then I arranged my desk, and put everything away, and was so composed and cheerful that I thought I had quite dismissed this unexpected incident. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But before we drove away too, I received a most unexpected and eloquent compliment from Mr. Jellyby. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Sergeant Cuff stopped her by a very unexpected question. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- As I have said, until this unexpected state of affairs happened, Mobile had been looked upon as the objective point of Sherman's army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This unexpected absence of the only local resident whom Eustacia knew considerably damaged her scheme for an afternoon of reckless gaiety. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Margaret began to wonder whether all offers were as unexpected beforehand,--as distressing at the time of their occurrence, as the two she had had. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- And the meeting did happen, but in a formal way quite unexpected by her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Another and a better gift than intellect was shown her in a most unexpected manner. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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