Antonyms for unexpected
ˌʌn ɪkˈspɛk tɪdun·ex·pect·ed

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1. unexpectedadjective

   Antonyms:
   expected

2. unexpectedadjective

   Antonyms:
   expected

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1. unexpected

   Antonyms:
   imminent, impending, threatening

   Synonyms:
   chimerical, contingent, doubtful, improbable, problematical, unlikely

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1. unexpected

   Antonyms:
   expected, provided for, foreseen

   Synonyms:
   unforeseen, unlocked for, sudden

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1. unexpectedadjective

   not expected or anticipated

   "unexpected guests"; "unexpected news"

   Antonyms:
   expected, matter-of-course, expectable, anticipated, due(p), awaited(p), hoped-for

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1. unexpectedadjective

   Synonyms:
   unforeseen, unanticipated, unlooked for

How to use unexpected in a sentence?

1. Henry David Thoreau:

   I have learned this at least by my experiment that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

2. Denise Jamieson:

   We did not expect to see these brain abnormalities in this small case series of U.S. pregnant travelers, so it is unexpected and greater than we would have expected.

3. David Mulligan:

   It can be extraordinarily emotional as one wants to save the life of their spouse, yet also be aware that events can happen that could create unexpected tragedies as well.

4. Joseph Addison:

   Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all the powers of the soul; and thus it may be looked on as weakness in the composition of human nature. But if we consider the frequent reliefs we receive from it and how often it breaks the gloom which is apt to depress the mind and damp our spirits, with transient, unexpected gleams of joy, one would take care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life.

5. Ravindra Pasale:

   Unexpected inspiration strikes those who observe the world with heightened awareness, greater intensity, and divine empathy.

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