unexpectedness
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5.8
- noun
- /ˌʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdnəs/
:
inesperado
- The hype that was Trek for all the non-Trek fans was its newness, hipness, and unexpectedness; let me go see if we can like Trek and not be a stereotypical Trek fan.
Examples
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Whatever merit may be discovered in a pun arises altogether from unexpectedness.
Academic text (1999) -
The sheer unexpectedness of it made my hair stir under my cap.
Academic text (2018) -
Summer was so startled by the unexpectedness of his action that she lost her footing.
Fiction book (1995) -
Though I still obeyed the multiple conventions of work hierarchy and social etiquette, I liked to think that a sheen of slick weariness separated my own conformity from the others' and proved attractive to the American customers simply through its unexpectedness.
Fiction book (1990) -
Robb, who is Australian, suggests that the "beauty of surroundings and the climate, the abundance of food and fresh water, and the untroubled relations with the extremely beautiful local people seemed, as much as the sheer glorious unexpectedness of this landfall, to create a little pocket of pleasure and refreshment out of time for Cabral's thousand or so men.
Blog text (30) -
The respondent was asked to rate the two most vivid of those memories by using 7-point bipolar scales for personal importance, unexpectedness of the recalled event, consequentiality of the event, vividness of the memory, and emotional intensity of the recalled event.
Academic text (1993) -
The unexpectedness of the surprise party took her completely off guard.
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He enjoyed the unexpectedness of the plot twist in the movie.
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The unexpectedness of his win left everyone in shock.
Synonyms
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6.9
How different or rare something is compared with what people expect
How unexpected something is
A sudden feeling when something happens that you did not expect
Antonyms
How Unexpected
Surface Forms
Morphology
unexpectedness = unexpected (transparent) = un + expect + ness
The noun is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ness' to the clearly formed adjective 'unexpected' (un- + expected), which is transparent to learners.
Etymology
The word unexpectedness is made from un- 'not', expect 'to look for or wait for', and -ness 'state'. So it means the 'state of not being expected', which is why it describes a surprise.