Unexpected

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unexpected \Unexpected\
     See {expected}.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unexpected
       adj 1: not expected or anticipated; "unexpected guests";
              "unexpected news" [ant: {expected}]
       2: not foreseen; "unsuspected difficulties arose"; "unsuspected
          turnings in the road"
       3: made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a
          forced landing" [syn: {forced}]
       4: causing surprise or amazement by not being expected; "the
          curtains opened to reveal a completely unexpected scene"
       5: not planned; "an unexpected pregnancy"
       6: happening or coming quickly and without warning; "a sudden
          unexpected development" [syn: {unforeseen}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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