Adjective unexpected has 6 senses
- unexpected - not expected or anticipated; "unexpected guests"; "unexpected news"
Antonyms: expected, anticipated, awaited, hoped-for, due, expectable, foreseen, foretold, predicted, matter-of-course, supposed
- unexpected - not foreseen; "unsuspected difficulties arose"; "unsuspected turnings in the road"
Antonym: suspected (indirect, via unsuspected)
- forced, unexpected - made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing"
Antonym: scheduled (indirect, via unscheduled)
- unexpected - causing surprise or amazement by not being expected; "the curtains opened to reveal a completely unexpected scene"
Antonym: unsurprising (indirect, via surprising)
- unexpected - not planned; "an unexpected pregnancy"
Antonym: planned (indirect, via unplanned)
- unexpected, unforeseen - happening or coming quickly and without warning; "a sudden unexpected development"
Antonym: gradual (indirect, via sudden)
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