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unexˈpectable, a.
(un-1 7 b and 5 b.)
1598Barret Theor. Warres i. ii. 9 Brought through manifold daungers, and vnto vnexpectable euents. 1604T. Wright Passions v. §4. 289 The difficulty of obtayning that we desire..rendreth the thing desperate and consequently vnexpectable. 1664N. Ingelo Bentiv. & Ur. v. 30 The concatenation of like Successions..seems to make the end of sinning almost unexpectable. 1749Byrom Rem. (1857) II. ii. 489 Your brother's journey to Smithills was indeed unexpectable. 1825Bentham Offic. Apt. Maximized, Indic. (1830) 27 One of the most unexpectable of all incidents. 1863Hawthorne Our Old Home (1879) I. 260 Our kind friend kept bringing out one unexpected and wholly unexpectable thing after another. 1892Graphic 16 Apr. 478/1 Where the unexpected, or rather unexpectable, occurred. |