Definition of "unexpected" []

Coming without warning; unforeseen. (adjective)

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Use "unexpected" in a sentence

"So glad the writer resisted the term "unexpected drop". sartrecastic 12 April 2011 9:59AM"
"Israeli commandos said they opened fire in self-defense after meeting what they called unexpected resistance when they boarded the ferry carrying aid supplies to Gaza."
"The moral to this culture-jamming story: Beware banana creme and strategic and creative use of the unexpected is the perfect way to intervene."

Words like "unexpected"

expected out of the blue sudden unannounced

unanticipated unforeseen unheralded unhoped

unhoped-for unlooked-for unpredicted unprovided for

unthought unthought-of upset