"unexpected" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/ [US] Audio: en-us-unexpected.ogg [US] Forms: unexpected [positive], more unexpected [comparative], most unexpected [superlative]
Etymology: un- + expected Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|un|expected}} un- + expected Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When something is unexpected, it is not expected. It was not thought that it would happen.
    Sense id: simple-unexpected-en-adj--IqnYoAX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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