adj
Meaning 1
Not surprising; expected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unsurprising
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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adjective
Meaning 2
not causing surprise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: surprising
History
Etymology
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 surprising English unsurprising From un- + surprising.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: অনাশ্চর্যজনক (onaścorjojonok) — not surprising
- Chinese Mandarin: 不令人驚訝的 /不令人惊讶的 (bù lìngrén jīngyà de) — not surprising
- Dutch: niet verrassend — not surprising
- Dutch: niet verwonderlijk — not surprising
- Finnish: yllätyksetön — not surprising
- French: attendu — not surprising
- French: prévu — not surprising
- French: peu surprenant — not surprising
- German: wenig überraschend — not surprising
- German: zu erwartend — not surprising
- German: vorhersehbar — not surprising
- Greek: ανεκπληκτικός (anekpliktikós) — not surprising
- Polish: niezaskakujący — not surprising
- Portuguese: nada surpreendente — not surprising
- Russian: неудиви́тельный (neudivítelʹnyj) — not surprising