Inexpected

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of unexpected. alt-of, obsolete

    "[…] had not God's inexpected champion, by divine instinct, taken up the monster, and vanquished him; leaving all but his head to bedung that earth, which had lately shaken at his terror."

Example

More examples

"[…] had not God's inexpected champion, by divine instinct, taken up the monster, and vanquished him; leaving all but his head to bedung that earth, which had lately shaken at his terror."

Etymology

From in- + expected.

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