Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
not expected or anticipated;
- Example: "unexpected guests"- Example: "unexpected news"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unexpected \Unexpected\
See expected.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unexpected \Un`ex*pect"ed\, a.
Not expected; coming without warning; sudden. --
Un`ex*pect"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`ex*pect"ed*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unexpected
adj 1: not expected or anticipated; "unexpected guests";
"unexpected news" [ant: expected]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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