unsurprisingadj.

Brit.

/ˌʌnsəˈprʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌənsərˈpraɪzɪŋ/,

/ˌənsəˈpraɪzɪŋ/

(un- prefix¹ 4.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adjective] > expected

futurec1374

in a possibility1523

forestalled1543

looked-for1548

anticipatec1550

expected1558

long-looked-for1562

looked1565

in expectation1570

expectable1619

expecting1621

in perspective1633

unsurprising1671

in prospect1694

perspective1710

in prospective1746–7

prospective1809

anticipated1814

presumable1825

anticipatable1872

ex ante1937

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > lack of wonder > [adjective]

wonderless1601

unformidable1667

unsurprising1671

unstartling1729

unmarvellous1790

matter of course1827

unsensational1854

underwhelming1970

1671 A. Woodhead in tr. Life St. Teresa Pref. 34 Purity from committing any, foreknown, and unsurprising, venial sin.

1688 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 351 It was no unsurprising spectacle.

1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber iv. 69 Without this..the Performance will come out..somewhere defectively, unsurprizing to the Hearer.

1927 New Republic 12 Oct. 219/1 The unsurprising result is a sermon of the first class, and a novel of the third.

1975 Listener 18 Dec. 819/1 Adaptations of Dickens's works..are meant to make you feel good. This is unsurprising, as..it could be argued that this is exactly how Dickens intends you to feel.

Derivatives

unsurˈprisingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > lack of wonder > [adverb]

commonly1682

unimpressively1832

unsurprisingly1961

1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1972 Bankers Mag. (Boston, Mass.) Winter 73/1 Unsurprisingly, no agency has ever approved any proposal that would reduce its own supervisory role.

1979 Field 28 Nov. 1417/2 The passage concluded unsurprisingly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	unsurprising
释义	unsurprisingadj. Brit. /ˌʌnsəˈprʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənsərˈpraɪzɪŋ/, /ˌənsəˈpraɪzɪŋ/ (un- prefix¹ 4.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adjective] > expected futurec1374 in a possibility1523 forestalled1543 looked-for1548 anticipatec1550 expected1558 long-looked-for1562 looked1565 in expectation1570 expectable1619 expecting1621 in perspective1633 unsurprising1671 in prospect1694 perspective1710 in prospective1746–7 prospective1809 anticipated1814 presumable1825 anticipatable1872 ex ante1937 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > lack of wonder > [adjective] wonderless1601 unformidable1667 unsurprising1671 unstartling1729 unmarvellous1790 matter of course1827 unsensational1854 underwhelming1970 1671 A. Woodhead in tr. Life St. Teresa Pref. 34 Purity from committing any, foreknown, and unsurprising, venial sin. 1688 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 351 It was no unsurprising spectacle. 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber iv. 69 Without this..the Performance will come out..somewhere defectively, unsurprizing to the Hearer. 1927 New Republic 12 Oct. 219/1 The unsurprising result is a sermon of the first class, and a novel of the third. 1975 Listener 18 Dec. 819/1 Adaptations of Dickens's works..are meant to make you feel good. This is unsurprising, as..it could be argued that this is exactly how Dickens intends you to feel. Derivatives unsurˈprisingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > lack of wonder > [adverb] commonly1682 unimpressively1832 unsurprisingly1961 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1972 Bankers Mag. (Boston, Mass.) Winter 73/1 Unsurprisingly, no agency has ever approved any proposal that would reduce its own supervisory role. 1979 Field 28 Nov. 1417/2 The passage concluded unsurprisingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1671
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