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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Unexpected \Un'ex*pect"ed\, adjective Not expected; coming without warning; sudden. -- {Un'ex*pect"ed*ly}, adverb -- {Un'ex*pect"ed*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
unexpected
adjective
1: not expected or anticipated; "unexpected guests"; "unexpected news" [ant: {expected}]
2: not foreseen; "unsuspected difficulties arose"; "unsuspected turnings in the road"
3: made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing" [syn: {forced}]
4: causing surprise or amazement by not being expected; "the curtains opened to reveal a completely unexpected scene"
5: not planned; "an unexpected pregnancy"
6: happening or coming quickly and without warning; "a sudden unexpected development" [syn: {unforeseen}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
80 Moby Thesaurus words for "unexpected": abrupt, accidental, adventitious, aleatory, antic, breakaway, casual, causeless, chance, chancy, contingent, destinal, dicey, electrifying, extraordinary, fanciful, fantastic, fatal, fatidic, fluky, fortuitous, hasty, headlong, iffy, impetuous, impossible, improbable, impulsive, incidental, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, indeterminate, more than expected, nerve-shattering, offbeat, out-of-the-way, past expectation, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, quick, rare, recherche, risky, shocking, speedy, startling, sudden, sui generis, surprising, swift, unaccountable, unannounced, unanticipated, unbelievable, uncaused, uncommon, uncustomary, undetermined, undivined, undreamed-of, unfamiliar, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unguessed, unheard-of, unheralded, unhoped for, unimaginable, unique, unlooked-for, unordinary, unpredictable, unpredicted, unprepared for, unthought-of, unusual, unwonted, without warning
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