NOT SURPRISED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does not surprised mean? 

• NOT SURPRISED (adjective)
  The adjective NOT SURPRISED has 1 sense:

1. not surprised or expressing surprise

  Familiarity information: NOT SURPRISED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOT SURPRISED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not surprised or expressing surprise

Synonyms:

not surprised; unsurprised

Context example:

that unsuprised obstinate look on his face

 Context examples 

“Blood tests on the affected children had shown high levels of interferon-induced proteins,” Goldbach-Mansky notes, “so we were not surprised when the mutated gene turned out to be related to interferon signaling.”

(Gene linked to rare inflammatory disease in children, NIH)

I had not expected him to be, and was not surprised myself; or my observation of similar practical satires would have been but scanty.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

When he came out of the room again I told him of Arthur's question, and he replied:—I am not surprised.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Elizabeth was not surprised at it, as Jane had written the direction remarkably ill.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I was not surprised, therefore, when this morning he left his untouched meal behind him, and started with me for Norwood.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Her daughter, feeling by turns both pleased and pained, surprised and not surprised, was all silent attention.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

He spoke and looked so much in earnest, that Anne was not surprised to see Mrs Clay stealing a glance at Elizabeth and herself.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

“I am not surprised at that,” was the reply.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

But Dorothy, knowing her to be a witch, had expected her to disappear in just that way, and was not surprised in the least.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Jupiter has the most powerful auroras in the solar system, so the team was not surprised that electric potentials play a role in their generation.

(Jupiter's Auroras Present a Powerful Mystery, NASA)