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Adjective unanticipated has 1 sense

• unanticipated(s = adj.all) out of the blue, unforeseen, unlooked-for - not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue"

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THESAURUS

unanticipated

abrupt, electrifying, extraordinary, hasty, headlong, impetuous, improbable, impulsive, more than expected, nerve-shattering, out-of-the-way, past expectation, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, quick, shocking, speedy, startling, sudden, surprising, swift, unannounced, undivined, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unguessed, unheralded, unhoped for, unlooked-for, unpredictable, unpredicted, unprepared for, without warning

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Inexpectation

N inexpectation, non-expectation, false expectation, miscalculation, surprise, sudden burst, thunderclap, blow, shock, start, bolt out of the blue, wonder, eye opener, unpleasant surprise, pleasant surprise, nonexpectant, surprised, unwarned, unaware, off one's guard, inattentive, unexpected, unanticipated, unpredicted, unlooked for, unforeseen, unhoped for, dropped from the clouds, beyond expectation, contrary to expectation, against expectation, against all expectation, out of one's reckoning, unheard of, startling, surprising, sudden, unpredictable, unforeseeable (unknowable), abruptly, unexpectedly, surprisingly, plump, pop, a l'improviste, unawares, without notice, without warning, without a 'by your leave', like a thief in the night, like a thunderbolt, in an unguarded moment, suddenly, Int, heydey!, little did one think, little did one expect, nobody would ever suppose, nobody would ever think, nobody would ever expect, who would have thought? it beats the Dutch.

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