Unexpectation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Absence of expectation; want of foresight. obsolete, uncountable

    "Surely, these are no small disadvantages: as every other evil, so this especially, is aggravated by our unexpectation."

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"Surely, these are no small disadvantages: as every other evil, so this especially, is aggravated by our unexpectation."

Etymology

From un- + expectation.

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