unexpected

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• US: /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English expected English unexpected From un- + expected.

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُفَاجِئ (mufājiʔ) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Armenian: անսպասելի (anspaseli) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Armenian: անակնկալ (anaknkal) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Asturian: inesperáu — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Azerbaijani: gözlənilməz — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Belarusian: нечака́ны (nječakány) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Belarusian: неспадзява́ны (njespadzjavány) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Belarusian: рапто́ўны (raptówny) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Bulgarian: неоча́кван (neočákvan) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Catalan: inesperat — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Chinese Mandarin: 意外的 (yìwài de) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Chinese Mandarin: 出乎意料的 (chūhūyìliào de) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Chinese Mandarin: 始料不及的 (shǐliàobùjí de) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Czech: nečekaný — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Czech: neočekávaný — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Danish: uventet — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Dutch: onverwacht — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Esperanto: neatendita — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Finnish: odottamaton — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• French: inattendu — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• French: imprévu — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• French: inopiné — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Galician: inesperado — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• German: unerwartet — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Greek: αναπάντεχος (anapántechos) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Greek: απροσδόκητος (aprosdókitos) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Greek: απρόοπτος (apróoptos) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Hungarian: váratlan — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Icelandic: óvæntur — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Italian: inaspettato — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Italian: insperato — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Italian: inatteso — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Italian: improvviso — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Japanese: 予想外の (yosōgai no) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Japanese: 想定外の (sōteigai no) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Japanese: 意外な (igai na) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Latin: subitus — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Latin: repens — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Latin: necopīnātus — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Lithuanian: nelauktas — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Luxembourgish: onerwaart — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Macedonian: неочекуван (neočekuvan) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Malayalam: അപ്രതീക്ഷിതം (apratīkṣitaṁ) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Manx: neuyerkit — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Māori: matawhawhati — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Māori: whakaohorere — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Māori: whawhati tata — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Norwegian Bokmål: uventet — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Norwegian Bokmål: uventa — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Norwegian Nynorsk: uventa — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Polish: nieoczekiwany — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Portuguese: inesperado — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Romanian: neașteptat — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Romanian: neprevăzut — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Romanian: neanticipat — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Russian: неожи́данный (neožídannyj) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Russian: нежда́нный (neždánnyj) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Serbo-Croatian: неочѐкӣва̄н — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Serbo-Croatian: neočèkīvān — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Slovak: nečakaný — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Slovak: neočakávaný — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Slovene: nepričakovan — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Spanish: inesperado — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Spanish: inopinado — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Swedish: oväntad — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Turkish: beklenmedik — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Turkish: umulmadık — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Ukrainian: несподі́ваний (nespodívanyj) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Ukrainian: неочі́куваний (neočíkuvanyj) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Ukrainian: нежда́ний (neždányj) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Ukrainian: рапто́вий (raptóvyj) — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Vietnamese: bất ngờ — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced
• Welsh: annisgwyl — not expected, anticipated or foreseen — see also unhoped-for, unannounced