unexpectedadj.

Brit.

/ˌʌnᵻkˈspɛktᵻd/,

/ˌʌnɛkˈspɛktᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌənᵻkˈspɛktəd/,

/ˌənɛkˈspɛktəd/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and expected adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, expected adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + expected adj.

(un- prefix¹ 2.)

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 (1590) i. v. sig. D5^v In such an vnexpected mischiefe.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 50/1 Because of vnexpected accidentes, he is blamed, disdayned and diffamed.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 5 An vnexpected violent gust.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxviii. 162 The unexpected addition is no part of the Punishment.

1733 G. Berkeley Let. in Wks. (1871) IV. 204 This circumstance, not foreseen, occasions an unexpected delay.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) III. xxx. 147 Stilicho..suddenly repressed, by his unexpected presence, the enemy.

1825 W. Scott Talisman iii, in Tales Crusaders III. 72 His attention was suddenly caught by an unexpected apparition.

1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xviii. §750 The most unexpected discovery of all.

absolute.1884 in Littell's Living Age Apr. 125/2 He is very great in the art of the unexpected.1891 J. Bartlett Familiar Quotations (ed. 9) 701 The unexpected always happens.—A common proverb.1892 Graphic 16 Apr. 478/1 Where the unexpected, or rather unexpectable, occurred.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	unexpected
释义	unexpectedadj. Brit. /ˌʌnᵻkˈspɛktᵻd/, /ˌʌnɛkˈspɛktᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənᵻkˈspɛktəd/, /ˌənɛkˈspɛktəd/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and expected adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, expected adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + expected adj. (un- prefix¹ 2.) 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 (1590) i. v. sig. D5^v In such an vnexpected mischiefe. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 50/1 Because of vnexpected accidentes, he is blamed, disdayned and diffamed. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 5 An vnexpected violent gust. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxviii. 162 The unexpected addition is no part of the Punishment. 1733 G. Berkeley Let. in Wks. (1871) IV. 204 This circumstance, not foreseen, occasions an unexpected delay. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) III. xxx. 147 Stilicho..suddenly repressed, by his unexpected presence, the enemy. 1825 W. Scott Talisman iii, in Tales Crusaders III. 72 His attention was suddenly caught by an unexpected apparition. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xviii. §750 The most unexpected discovery of all. absolute.1884 in Littell's Living Age Apr. 125/2 He is very great in the art of the unexpected.1891 J. Bartlett Familiar Quotations (ed. 9) 701 The unexpected always happens.—A common proverb.1892 Graphic 16 Apr. 478/1 Where the unexpected, or rather unexpectable, occurred. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1586
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