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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
unexpected
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a new/cruel/unexpected/strange etc twist
▪ The robbery took a deadly new twist as the robber pulled out a gun.
▪ an unexpected twist in the plot
a sudden/unexpected/unforeseen emergency (=a situation that was not planned)
▪ I left half an hour early in case of traffic jams or some other unforeseen emergency.
a surprise announcement/an unexpected announcement
▪ The Senator made the surprise announcement that he will not be seeking re-election.
a surprising/unexpected discovery
▪ Their work led to some surprising discoveries.
a trifle eccentric/odd/unexpected etc
an unexpected compliment
▪ John blushed at the unexpected compliment.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
completely
▪ It was completely unexpected, for John Parker was only forty-two and until then had been the very image of good health.
▪ The sale of StarNet was not completely unexpected.
▪ After all these years of watching birds of prey in flight, I still find that they will do something completely unexpected.
▪ Unlike the lost-carbon riddle, the mysterious oxygen vanishing act in Bio2 was completely unexpected.
▪ He seemed bewildered by this completely unexpected turn of events.
▪ But those were relatively minor compared to a completely unexpected miracle of self-control circuits: their ability to extract precision from grossness.
▪ It happened just before the evening meal, and was completely unexpected.
entirely
▪ The news was not entirely unexpected.
▪ It was entirely unexpected, and its cause a mystery, so much so that poison was inevitably suspected.
▪ This omission was not entirely unexpected.
▪ The amount and quality ofthe sculpture unearthed was not entirely unexpected.
▪ But this was not entirely unexpected.
▪ Since that showed a degree of consistency in attitudes, it was not entirely unexpected.
▪ Not entirely unexpected, but still remarkable.
most
▪ Even so, hybrids of the most unexpected kind are becoming commonplace.
▪ Then, a shocking event came to my rescue in the most unexpected place.
▪ The emergency had a most unexpected cause.
▪ He revealed also the most unexpected sensibility.
▪ But the best-tuned car I found came from the most unexpected source you could possibly imagine-Nicole Kidman.
▪ No country has a monopoly on bravery; great deeds of heroism are liable to break out in the most unexpected places.
▪ This line of inquiry proved to be a rewarding path which was, however, to lead in a most unexpected direction.
▪ Often in the most unexpected ways.
quite
▪ All this has come in a quite unexpected rush.
▪ All this is quite unexpected in the modern frame of reference.
▪ Yet the most welcome consequence of the making of those documentaries and books was quite unexpected.
▪ The most obvious problem, the coup de grace, was a quite unexpected side-effect.
▪ Everywhere in Wednesday's concert there were breathtaking moments where original phrasing and dynamics brought out quite unexpected aspects of the music.
▪ But then something quite unexpected happened.
▪ The results were collated and several quite unexpected facts emerged.
so
▪ It made its impact because it was so unexpected.
▪ Oh, my gosh, this is so unexpected!
▪ This is so unexpected when it is encountered for the first time that it feels like a deliberate deception.
▪ And he treasured this new knowledge so unexpected, so exhilarating-all his life.
▪ It was so quick, so unexpected, that it took her breath away.
▪ This brief scene, so unexpected and devastating, turns Blue inside out.
▪ It was so unexpected and over so soon.
totally
▪ The very first season did produce a totally unexpected bonus, however.
▪ To be shut out at home in two of the last four games is very weird and totally unexpected.
▪ It's quite clear that the eruption was totally unexpected.
▪ By seizing an opportunity she opened up a new and totally unexpected position for the future.
▪ It was totally unexpected, and there was little if any warning for the local authorities involved.
▪ Yet the most impressive songs take a totally unexpected tack.
▪ The answers the workers gave were totally unexpected.
wholly
▪ The results were wholly unexpected: Mercury has small, reflective polar caps with the distinctive depolarization behavior of ice.
■ NOUN
arrival
▪ Or was that a false impression, created by the odd circumstances of their unexpected arrival here?
▪ Hassan says to a stranger, whose unexpected arrival startles his wife and four small children.
bonus
▪ Its anti-nicotine effect was an unexpected bonus.
▪ An unexpected bonus was that the emergency work galvanised Loi out of his melancholy.
▪ The very first season did produce a totally unexpected bonus, however.
▪ Viewing the rapids was an unexpected bonus to the Niagara experience.
▪ However semantic change often gives an unexpected bonus, which one should accept in this case as in others.
▪ Don't assume the Goblins will hit anything - if they do it's an unexpected bonus!
▪ It was an unexpected bonus for a man of fifty-one.
change
▪ Risk of unexpected changes in default premium.
▪ Keeping your priorities in order is easier if you are not being swamped by sudden and unexpected changes.
▪ His unexpected changes of direction would take people by surprise.
death
▪ There had been the natural initial shock of disbelief at hearing of the unexpected death of any person even casually known.
▪ Most surviving examples are funerary, often commissioned quickly in response to unexpected death from disease, by no means uncommon in antiquity.
▪ Royal patronage and unexpected death also laid the foundation of the power of Edward's third son, John of Gaunt.
▪ The man's words were somehow given greater importance by his unexpected death, and suddenly Clare felt ashamed.
▪ The unexpected death of his son had shattered him.
▪ The most serious risk which faced them was that to their involuntarily parasitic women-folk - the unexpected death of the male breadwinner.
▪ Once again it was an unexpected death which altered the situation.
▪ The third event was the unexpected death of King Stephen's elder son Eustace in August 1153.
development
▪ Anyway, I reckoned that this unexpected development might make my task a little easier.
▪ The engineering profession as a whole was baffled by this unexpected development.
▪ It was such an utterly unexpected development that his mind could not register any immediate reaction beyond amazement.
▪ Several unexpected developments cut across the early realization of these ambitious plans.
event
▪ During construction Responding promptly to unexpected events.
▪ Meanwhile, an extraordinary and totally unexpected event occurred.
▪ This will facilitate overall coordination and monitoring, which is important when unexpected events occur.
guest
▪ As she did so she realised she did not yet know the name of their unexpected guest.
▪ So, countless times she gave up her own food when an unexpected guest arrived at dinnertime.
▪ It had probably been the only one aired and ready for the unexpected guest this morning.
place
▪ Several useful agents have been found in unexpected places.
▪ Then, a shocking event came to my rescue in the most unexpected place.
▪ Haemoglobin itself crops up in unexpected places.
▪ And his Bible would turn up in some unexpected place that, after all, would make perfect sense.
▪ Full stops are inserted in unexpected places to force the reader to treat certain elements as complete units of information.
▪ No country has a monopoly on bravery; great deeds of heroism are liable to break out in the most unexpected places.
▪ The grain will be out of sight, and certainly in some unexpected place.
▪ Basheer finds hope in unexpected places, like Boulak El Kakrour.
quarter
▪ The success which eluded her in the classroom did arrive but from an unexpected quarter.
▪ Relief came from an unexpected quarter.
▪ Criticism of the government also came from unexpected quarters.
▪ The apparent salvation of his movement came from an unexpected quarter.
▪ But while his emotional life was troubled, Cleese the businessman was finding success in an unexpected quarter - training videos.
▪ He then received a bonus from an unexpected quarter - the Republican Party.
result
▪ Illuminative evaluation is not limited by the initial formulation of aims, but allows for the expression of unexpected results.
▪ Practical natural language systems are by necessity large and complex and modification of such systems can lead to unexpected results.
▪ However, some unexpected results occurred.
▪ I am constantly painting, scrubbing out and reworking areas of a picture and often marvellous unexpected results will emerge.
▪ Instead of finding a compositional blurring brought about by glass recycling and trade, chemical analysis has produced some unexpected results.
▪ Since they are not identical, this unexpected result suggests that citations by others occur before the majority of self-citations.
rise
▪ A report published earlier today showed an unexpected rise in retail sales in November.
source
▪ Once again, she hadn't seen it coming; another smack in the face from an unexpected source.
▪ How other institutions will search you out, because publishing an exceptional paper from an unexpected source is more dramatic.
▪ No-one could have foreseen an attack from such an unexpected source.
▪ But the best-tuned car I found came from the most unexpected source you could possibly imagine-Nicole Kidman.
▪ At this stage immediately after metamorphosis, they are vulnerable to another unexpected source of predation.
success
▪ This unexpected success was more to do with the low turn-out of bondholders at the meeting rather than any change of attitude.
▪ Maybe we were dazed by our own unexpected success.
▪ Pineapple - tinned, fresh, or fresh-cooked - is excellent in coleslaw and an unexpected success in sauerkraut.
▪ It was a classic unexpected success.
▪ And then, because the first instinct of light fiction is towards the improbable, he stumbles into unexpected success.
turn
▪ There was that unmistakable sound of the clock striking thirteen about this unexpected turn of events.
▪ Jacinta is once again feeling rejected and persecuted when an unexpected turn in events brings about a happy denouement.
▪ But in Britain things were to take a new and not unexpected turn.
▪ He seemed bewildered by this completely unexpected turn of events.
twist
▪ This could create all kinds of unexpected twists in the answers that computers generate.
▪ The abortion debate provided an unexpected twist Thursday.
visit
▪ A POLL-TAX payer has received an apology from Middlesbrough Council after an unexpected visit by the bailiffs.
▪ Taylor received their unexpected visits, notices arrived in the mail informing them that they were being taken to court.
▪ Courtesy forbade him from asking the reason for this unexpected visit.
▪ For all these reasons, the unexpected visit of the clergyman was passed on with ponderous confidentiality.
▪ But as the fire began to smoulder, Gore's sister Catherine paid an unexpected visit to her parents cottage.
▪ We are honoured, Madame Leonie, although this is a strange hour to pay an unexpected visit.
▪ Now I began to understand why he might not want unexpected visits, or gossip.
visitor
▪ I spent the same period fearful of every telephone call, every knock on the door, every unexpected visitor.
▪ But what seemed to fascinate the youngsters most was this unexpected moment from an unexpected visitor.
▪ Being pestered by the press was hardly likely to put Veronica in the mood for unexpected visitors.
▪ A prime clue to the status of an unexpected visitor, Watson, is the vehicle that brings him.
ways
▪ You may be surprised to find hidden talents, new opportunities and unexpected ways forward.
▪ Writing always reveals the author, sometimes in unexpected ways.
▪ Don't be surprised if your grief manifests itself in unexpected ways.
▪ It will not be eager to initiate those steps which would enable that society to function in unmanageable or unexpected ways.
▪ Tourism is already changing the city in unexpected ways.
▪ They complement one another in unexpected ways, creating a system that thrives on its own success.
▪ She was a fund of knowledge in a thousand unexpected ways.
▪ Their plan, which involves a periscope, works in unexpected ways.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Bobby's decision to leave the band was totally unexpected.
▪ Ella's angry outburst was so unexpected that Mike really didn't know what to say.
▪ He greeted me with unexpected warmth.
▪ Her decision to leave was completely unexpected.
▪ The new drug comes from an unexpected source -- potatoes.
▪ There have been unexpected delays on the freeway because of an accident.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A counterfeit marriage to her cousin, Gareth, places Delphi Carteret in unexpected danger.
▪ And then something happens, something unexpected.
▪ Each of these ultra-familiar tunes came up sounding fresh and surprising, and the entire set consistently delighted us with the unexpected.
▪ The last, and perhaps most troubling possibility for the stock market, would be an unexpected economic dive into recession.
▪ The strategy for victory is always the unexpected strategy.
▪ These invisible tabs, if not removed, are responsible for text mysteriously jumping to an unexpected position.
▪ This project had an unexpected spin-off effect for Ward's market in that wealthy agriculturalists became private patrons.
▪ Without it I would not thrill to every unexpected occurrence, each seeming coincidence that has brought me closer to you.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unexpected

Unexpected \Un`ex*pect"ed\, a. Not expected; coming without warning; sudden. -- Un`ex*pect"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`ex*pect"ed*ness, n.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
unexpected

1580s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of expect (v.). Related: Unexpectedly.

Wiktionary
unexpected

a. Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.

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WordNet
unexpected

  1. adj. not expected or anticipated; "unexpected guests"; "unexpected news" [ant: expected]

  2. not foreseen; "unsuspected difficulties arose"; "unsuspected turnings in the road"

  3. made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing" [syn: forced]

  4. causing surprise or amazement by not being expected; "the curtains opened to reveal a completely unexpected scene"

  5. not planned; "an unexpected pregnancy"

  6. happening or coming quickly and without warning; "a sudden unexpected development" [syn: unforeseen]

Wikipedia
Unexpected (Star Trek: Enterprise)

"Unexpected" is the fifth episode (production #105) of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise, and was written by Brannon Braga and Rick Berman. Mike Vejar served as director for the episode.

A ship feeding off Enterprises warp field is exposed after the crew ignites the plasma exhaust. Commander Tucker takes a trip to the ship to help them repair their warp drive. After his return to Enterprise, he learns that he is pregnant.

Unexpected

Unexpected may refer to:

In music:

  • Unexpected (Sandy Mölling album), a 2004 studio album by No Angels singer Sandy Mölling
  • Unexpected (Lumidee album), a 2007 studio album by Lumidee
  • Unexpected (Michelle Williams album), a 2008 studio album by Michelle Williams
  • The Unexpected (album), a 2006 studio album by Beautiful Sin
  • Unexpected (Angie Stone album), a 2008 studio album by Angie Stone

In film and television:

  • The Unexpected (TV series), a 1950s TV anthology series
  • Unexpected (2005 film), a 2005 Italian documentary film directed by Domenico Distilo
  • Unexpected (2015 film), a 2015 film
  • "Unexpected" (Heroes), an episode of NBC's TV show Heroes
  • "Unexpected" (Star Trek: Enterprise), the fourth episode of the television series Star Trek: Enterprise

In literature:

  • The Unexpected, a continuation of the DC Comics comic book Tales of the Unexpected
  • The Unexpected (Animorphs), the forty-fourth book in the Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate
See also
  • Anticipation (disambiguation)
  • Unintended consequences (also unanticipated or unforeseen consequences) – unexpected benefits and unexpected drawbacks
Unexpected (Heroes)

"Unexpected" is the sixteenth episode of the first season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. Regular cast members Noah Gray-Cabey ( Micah Sanders), Ali Larter ( Niki Sanders) and Leonard Roberts ( D.L. Hawkins) do not appear in this episode. Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance in the episode as the driver of the bus Hiro gets on. Although Ali Larter does not appear on this episode, she does do the voice over for the Previously on Heroes, which for the only time to date is placed after the first scene.

Unexpected (Lumidee album)

Unexpected is the second studio album by American hip-hop and R&B recording artist Lumidee, released by TVT Records on April 17, 2007 in the United States and on June 21, 2007 in the United Kingdom. The album was produced primarily by J. Marty with contributions made by Scott Storch, T.C. Love, Lenky, Ron Browz, Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis and Red Spyda.

Unexpected (Sandy Mölling album)

Unexpected is the debut studio album by German recording artist Sandy, released on September 13, 2004 by Cheyenne Records and Polydor. It was primarily produced by production teams Mute8 and Twin, with additional contribution from S. Kula, Pete "Boxsta" Martin, Nigel Rush and Pam Sheyne among others. Although album peaked at number 13 on the German Albums Chart, it widely failed to chart or sell in Austria and Switzerland.

Unexpected (2015 film)

Unexpected is a 2015 American drama film written by Kris Swanberg and Megan Mercier. It stars Cobie Smulders as a teacher at an inner city Chicago high school who unintentionally becomes pregnant. One of her students, Jasmine (Gail Bean), is also unexpectedly pregnant, and the two bond through planning their futures. The film had its world premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2015. The film was released in a limited release and through video on demand on July 24, 2015, by The Film Arcade.

Unexpected (Michelle Williams album)

Unexpected is the third solo studio album by American singer Michelle Williams, released via Columbia Records and Music World Entertainment in North America on October 7, 2008 (see 2008 in music). It is Williams' first full length dance-influenced commercial pop album, moving away from the gospel style of her previous efforts. Unexpected was Williams' last release through Columbia.

Recording sessions for the album originally began in 2005, with the songs being mostly mid-tempo contemporary R&B and soul songs, however, after playing the "first sketch" of the album to her mother, Williams says she was "challenged" to go back and record songs that "people could dance to" and so in 2007 Williams began working extensively with producer, songwriter and arranger Rico Love to create an entirely new album – which Williams would later sum up simply as "unexpected". Unexpected fuses dance-pop, R&B and electronic music to form a wide selection of up-tempo, beat-driven, club-oriented songs which gradually calm into slower material more R&B in sound and style.

Despite being a critical success, the album debuted and peaked at number forty-two and number eleven on the US Billboard 200 and US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts respectively, selling 14,618 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The album spawned three singles – " We Break the Dawn", which preceded the release of the album, " The Greatest" and " Hello Heartbreak".

Unexpected (Angie Stone album)

Unexpected is the fifth studio album by American R&B- soul singer–songwriter Angie Stone. The lead single, "I Ain't Hearin' U," premiered on Stone's website on October 5, 2009. A remixed version of "Free", featuring Young Nate, was released as the second and final single from the album.

Upon the album's UK release in February 2010, Stone told noted R&B writer Pete Lewis of the award-winning Blues & Soul: "Being as I've delivered four decent albums already, I felt it was safe to switch up and do something different this time. And musically overall I just wanted to have FUN! I wanted to do something that embodies a jam kinda feel, so that we could have some fun in concert and show people everything doesn't always have to be so serious."

Unexpected (2005 film)

Unexpected is an Italian 2005 documentary film written and directed by Domenico Distilo.

Distilo's diploma film from Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Unexpected is a documentary on the demand for political asylum in Italy. It was screened in 2005 at the Festival dei Popoli in Florence, in 2006 at Berlinale (section Forum), an Alicante Film Festival, where the movie won the prize as best documentary, at the Arcipelago Film Festival in Rome, where it won the jury's special mention, at the El ojo cojo festival in Madrid, at the Unheard Voices festival in London and many other minor festivals.

Poet Erri De Luca composed a poem for the movie entitled Them (Loro).

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Usage examples of "unexpected".

By a quick and unexpected march, Montrose hastened to Innerlochy, and presented himself in order of battle before the surprised but not affrightened Covenanters.

But when they had tried to apply the antibody in the afflicted patients, the response had been totally unexpected.

The result was unexpected: the instrument was not affecting at all, but there was such a strong barometer taste to the soup that the head cook, who was a most conscientious person, changed its name in the bill of fare.

It was only ten minutes later when she rounded the headland behind which the barque had disappeared, and hauled to the westward, but in that short time the barque had set her royals and put an unexpected stretch of tumbling water between herself and her pursuer.

Then he threw a glance at the batwing doors to see who entered at this unexpected hour.

Interrogation, now it had come, was most satisfactory, and Bernard was glad to believe that there was an element of the unexpected in his answer.

Undoubtedly Potzfeldt had heard his unexpected guests coming, and was bestirring himself to welcome them, though inwardly raving over having his rest so frequently disturbed.

Pain, unexpected, blossomed in me like an old acquaintance come to visit, the scent of crushed ferns filling my nose.

That warning had blunted, however slightly, the surge of panic which even the most experienced armsmen must feel under totally unexpected attack.

But a most unexpected circumstance prevented our attending the ball, and brought forth a comedy with a truly tragic turn.

The unexpected visitor strode past Flax, pausing in the main room to pivot on a burnished boot heel.

Does that mean you ran into a homonym professionally, in your preparation of contracts, that brought about unexpected complications?

For an instant she became the hypnogogic ape, the shape-changer come to mock at him, so unexpected was the sight of her in her white dress.

Nevertheless, a wayward glimpse brought unexpected grief, not for the Uncle I knew but the one that I had been cheated of by a boyhood prank gone awry, and all the mistruths and misdeeds it had begat.

It is, however, far more necessary to bear in mind that there are many unknown laws of correlation of growth, which, when one part of the organisation is modified through variation, and the modifications are accumulated by natural selection for the good of the being, will cause other modifications, often of the most unexpected nature.