Unexpected

//ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd//

Synonyms for "unexpected" (125 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Strong matches (38)

Related words (62)

Noun(1 words)
surprise

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9 relation types

Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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capable of

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derived

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derived from

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is a

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related to

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similar

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Showing 16 of 20 words.

Translations

73 translations across 43 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • مُفَاجِئ adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Armenian

2 entries
  • անակնկալ adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • անսպասելի adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Asturian

1 entries
  • inesperáu adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • gözlənilməz adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • неспадзява́ны adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • нечака́ны adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • рапто́ўны adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • неоча́кван adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Catalan

1 entries
  • inesperat adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 出乎意料的 adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • 始料不及的 adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • 意外的 adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Czech

2 entries
  • neočekávaný adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • nečekaný adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Danish

1 entries
  • uventet adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Dutch

1 entries
  • onverwacht adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • neatendita adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Finnish

1 entries
  • odottamaton adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

French

3 entries
  • imprévu adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • inattendu adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • inopiné adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Galician

1 entries
  • inesperado adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

German

1 entries
  • unerwartet adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Greek

3 entries
  • αναπάντεχος adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • απροσδόκητος adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • απρόοπτος adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • váratlan adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • óvæntur adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Italian

4 entries
  • improvviso adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • inaspettato adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • inatteso adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • insperato adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 予想外の adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • 想定外の adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • 意外な adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Latin

3 entries
  • necopīnātus adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • repens adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • subitus adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • nelauktas adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • onerwaart adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • неочекуван adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • അപ്രതീക്ഷിതം adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Manx

1 entries
  • neuyerkit adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Māori

3 entries
  • matawhawhati adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • whakaohorere adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • whawhati tata adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • uventa adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • uventet adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • uventa adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Polish

1 entries
  • nieoczekiwany adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • inesperado adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Romanian

3 entries
  • neanticipat adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • neașteptat adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • neprevăzut adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Russian

2 entries
  • нежда́нный adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • неожи́данный adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • neočèkīvān adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • неочѐкӣва̄н adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Slovak

2 entries
  • neočakávaný adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • nečakaný adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Slovene

1 entries
  • nepričakovan adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Spanish

2 entries
  • inesperado adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • inopinado adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Swedish

1 entries
  • oväntad adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Turkish

2 entries
  • beklenmedik adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • umulmadık adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • нежда́ний adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • неочі́куваний adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • несподі́ваний adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)
  • рапто́вий adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • bất ngờ adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Welsh

1 entries
  • annisgwyl adj (not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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That is rather unexpected.

Source: tatoeba (1603)

I will be able to see you tomorrow unless something unexpected turns up.

Source: tatoeba (25102)

Unexpected results were announced.

Source: tatoeba (28232)

A little bit of luck sometimes leads to an unexpected success.

Source: tatoeba (40065)

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