unexpected

4 definitions found

unexpected - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Unexpected \Unexpected\
     See expected.

  Unexpected \Un`ex*pect"ed\, a.
     Not expected; coming without warning; sudden. --
     Un`ex*pect"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`ex*pect"ed*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

unexpected - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  unexpected
      adj 1: not expected or anticipated; "unexpected guests";
             "unexpected news" [ant: expected]

unexpected - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "unexpected":
     abrupt, accidental, adventitious, aleatory, antic, breakaway,
     casual, causeless, chance, chancy, contingent, destinal, dicey,
     electrifying, extraordinary, fanciful, fantastic, fatal, fatidic,
     fluky, fortuitous, hasty, headlong, iffy, impetuous, impossible,
     improbable, impulsive, incidental, incomprehensible, inconceivable,
     incredible, indeterminate, more than expected, nerve-shattering,
     offbeat, out-of-the-way, past expectation, precipitant,
     precipitate, precipitous, quick, rare, recherche, risky, shocking,
     speedy, startling, sudden, sui generis, surprising, swift,
     unaccountable, unannounced, unanticipated, unbelievable, uncaused,
     uncommon, uncustomary, undetermined, undivined, undreamed-of,
     unfamiliar, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unguessed, unheard-of,
     unheralded, unhoped for, unimaginable, unique, unlooked-for,
     unordinary, unpredictable, unpredicted, unprepared for,
     unthought-of, unusual, unwonted, without warning