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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to unexpected:   (197 results)

Antonyms:
expected

Often used in the same context:
unforeseen, unanticipated, unpredicted, unusual, surprising, abrupt, unplanned, unwelcome, extraordinary, inexplicable, unforeseeable, unintended, sudden, dramatic, startling, unsuspected, serendipitous, unsettling, unlooked, unpredictable, untimely, unprecedented, unpleasant, fortuitous, uncharacteristic, improbable, unexplainable, atypical, undesired, astonishing, shocking, embarrassing, astounding, strange, unavoidable, unscheduled, bizarre, odd, unexplained, inevitable, unsurprising, unordinary, bewildering, predictable, jarring, stunning, unnerving, untoward, perplexing, miraculous, unfathomable, momentary, puzzling, incredible, unlikely, unheralded, unimaginable, momentous, impending, earthshaking, impromptu, anticipated, intriguing, unrelated, providential, overwhelming, notable, offbeat, baffling, inauspicious, noteworthy, mysterious, remarkable, ominous, worrisome, unpremeditated, huge, enormous, inadvertent, unfortunate, amazing, inopportune, peculiar, unorthodox, unaccustomed, unintentional, unconventional, accidental, unfathomed, disappointing, implausible, hefty, epochal, significant, disconcerting, ungraceful, apparent, monumental, unprepared, unrepeatable, oddball, unfamiliar, unforseen, unlookedfor, expectable, foreseeable, opportune, disturbing, likely

Appears in the definition of:
., abrupt, aftereffect, attack, backfire, backlash, blizzard, booby trap, break, by-product, byproduct, cot death, crib death, disjunct, encounter, even, extrusion, failure, fairy godmother, flashback, forced, fortunate, galvanization, good luck, gracious, happy chance, infant death, inquest, isolated, jumping, meeting, overturn, peripeteia, peripetia, peripety, pitfall, potluck, precipitation, rash, serendipitous, serendipity, sideslip, sids, sinking, skid, sleeper, slip, startle reaction, startle response, strange, stunner, success, sucker punch, sudden infant death syndrome, supervene, surprise, surprisingness, switcheroo, unexpectedness, unhoped, unhoped-for, unthought, unthought-of, unusual, upset, upseta, upsetter, vagary

Synonyms:
forced, out of the blue, sudden, surprising, unannounced, unanticipated, unforeseen, unheralded, unhoped, unhoped-for, unlooked-for, unplanned, unpredicted, unprovided for, unscheduled, unsuspected, unthought, unthought-of, upset

Also try:
— Nouns for unexpected: results death, events, places, turn, ways, result, event, quarter, way, changes, more...

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