† inexpectedadj.
Obsolete.
Not expected; unexpected, unlooked-for.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective] > surprising, unexpected
unbeweena1325
sudden1340
unhopedc1374
unwarec1374
unweenedc1374
unguessedc1400
unlooked for1531
untraisted1533
extonious1548
unlooked1548
unthought1548
unwares1548
unaspected1578
inexpecteda1586
unexpecteda1586
unwary1590
unwaited1592
unmistrusted1595
inopinate1598
unforethought1601
nap-taking1602
startling1609
expectless1613
unexpect1633
admirable1639
immergent1655
unpresumed1686
abrupt1725
unguessed1746
unanticipateda1779
unpredicted1792
unprecipitated1795
unsurmised1820
unsupposed1821
inopine1880
windfall1945
over-the-transom1952
left field1955
conversation-stopping1960
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Nn6v When Pyrocles..sawe his friend Musidorus, with the noble Lady Pamela in that in expected sorte returned.
1618 Bp. J. Hall Righteovs Mammon 73 Inexpected falls of markets.
1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 127 Which strange and inexpected supply..bred an amazement.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adverb]
unmindlingOE
unsupposedc1425
unweeninglyc1480
ex improviso1521
unprovidedly1539
unexpectedly1605
unhopedly1611
unimagined1614
inexpectedly1626
startlinglya1645
surprisingly1667
unhoped1667
astonishingly1668
staggeringlya1682
shockingly1741
outrageously1749
funnily1837
shockingly1883
amazingly1928
1626 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VIII. O.T. xx. 105 How could it bee otherwise, when those great spirits of hers..finde themselues so inexpectedly suppressed.
1645 Bp. J. Hall Remedy Discontentm. xxiv. 150 Comming inexpectedly to his Country-house.
1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 125 The Turks, passing by the Galeasses, were inexpectedly torn by their great shot.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun]
unlookedfornessa1586
unexpectation1611
unexpectedness1615
inexpectation?1623
inexpectedness1626
inexpectancy1643
suddenness1685
surprisingness1685
startlingness1846
1626 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VIII. O.T. xxi. 504 The inexpectednesse of pleasing obiects makes men many times the more acceptable.
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