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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Unexpected \Unexpected\
   See expected.

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

Thesaurus Results for Unexpected:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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