unexpected

adjective/ˌʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/

Frequency rank: #3,100 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

Not expected or planned; surprising.

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Example sentence

The news was completely unexpected to everyone.

Synonyms & related words

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