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==English==

===Etymology===
{{ety|en|:af|un-<id:negative>|expected|text=+|tree=1}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-unexpected.ogg|a=US}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# Not [[expected]], [[anticipated]] or [[foreseen]].
#* {{RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp|chapter=2|passage=She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, {{...}}; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,{{nb...}}—all these '''unexpected''' phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1936|month=February|journal=w:Chess Review|title=My Best Games of Chess|author=Isaac Kashdan|passage=Certainly '''unexpected'''. The P[awn] is overprotected to the best taste of a Nimzowitsch devotee, and there seems to be no drastic weakness in White's camp to justify this intrusion.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1940|month=May|title=Overseas Railways: Acceleration Proceeds in U.S.A.|journal=Railway Magazine|page=298|text=But the latest Santa Fe development, while not spurring the Rock Island to any further acceleration, has drawn fire from a totally '''unexpected''' quarter.}}
#* {{RQ:Orwell Animal Farm|6
|passage=The windmill presented '''unexpected''' difficulties.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2024 August 21|author='Industry Insider'|title=The value of rail reopenings|journal=RAIL|issue=1016|page=68|text=Providing accommodation is a significant constraint, and an '''unexpected''' development from the restoration of services to Okehampton is demand from the Exeter student population to rent local properties.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|unlooked for}}. See [[Thesaurus:surprising]]

====Antonyms====
* {{l|en|expected}}

====Derived terms====
{{col|en|unexpected red theory|expect the unexpected|sudden unexpected death syndrome|unexpected hanging paradox|unexpectedly|unexpectedness|unexpected red theory}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|unplanned}}
* {{l|en|incidental}}
* {{l|en|contingent}}
* {{l|en|bolt from the blue}}
* {{l|en|out of the blue}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top-also|not expected, anticipated or foreseen|unhoped-for|unannounced}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مُفَاجِئ|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|անսպասելի}}, {{t+|hy|անակնկալ}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|inesperáu}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|gözlənilməz}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|нечака́ны}}, {{t|be|неспадзява́ны}}, {{t|be|рапто́ўны}} {{q|sudden}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|неоча́кван}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|inesperat}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|意外|tr=yìwài de|alt=意外的}}, {{t+|cmn|出乎意料|alt=出乎意料的|tr=chūhūyìliào de}}, {{t|cmn|始料不及|alt=始料不及的|tr=shǐliàobùjí de}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|nečekaný}}, {{t|cs|neočekávaný}}
* Danish: {{t|da|uventet}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|onverwacht}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|neatendita}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|odottamaton}}
* French: {{t+|fr|inattendu}}, {{t+|fr|imprévu}}, {{t+|fr|inopiné}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|inesperado}}
* German: {{t+|de|unerwartet}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αναπάντεχος}}, {{t+|el|απροσδόκητος}}, {{t+|el|απρόοπτος}}
*: Ancient Greek: {{t|grc|ἀδόκητος}}, {{t|grc|ἄελπτος}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|váratlan}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|óvæntur}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|inaspettato}}, {{t+|it|insperato}}, {{t+|it|inatteso}}, {{t+|it|improvviso}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|予想外|alt=予想外の|tr=yosōgai no}}, {{t+|ja|想定外|alt=想定外の|tr=sōteigai no}}, {{t+|ja|意外|alt=意外な|tr=igai na}}
* Latin: {{t|la|subitus}}, {{t|la|repens}}, {{t|la|necopīnātus}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|nelauktas}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|onerwaart}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|неочекуван}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|അപ്രതീക്ഷിതം}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|neuyerkit}}
* Māori: {{t|mi|matawhawhati}}, {{t|mi|whakaohorere}}, {{t|mi|whawhati tata}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|uventet}}, {{t|nb|uventa}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|uventa}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|nieoczekiwany}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inesperado}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|neașteptat}}, {{t+|ro|neprevăzut}}, {{t|ro|neanticipat}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|неожи́данный}}, {{t+|ru|нежда́нный}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|неочѐкӣва̄н}}
*: Latin: {{t+|sh|neočèkīvān}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|nečakaný}}, {{t|sk|neočakávaný}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|nepričakovan}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|inesperado}}, {{t+|es|inopinado}}, {{t+|es|imprevisto}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|oväntad}}, {{t+|sv|otippad}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|beklenmedik}}, {{t+|tr|umulmadık}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|несподі́ваний}}, {{t|uk|неочі́куваний}}, {{t|uk|нежда́ний}}, {{t|uk|рапто́вий}} {{q|sudden}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|bất ngờ}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|annisgwyl}}
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===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|rare}} Someone or something unexpected.

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=cdeeenptux|unexcepted}}