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UNEXPECTEDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unexpectedness mean?
• UNEXPECTEDNESS (noun)
The noun UNEXPECTEDNESS has 1 sense:
1. extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected
Familiarity information: UNEXPECTEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
surprisingness; unexpectedness
Context example:
the unexpectedness of the warm welcome
Hypernyms ("unexpectedness" is a kind of...):
extraordinariness (the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered)
Antonym:
expectedness (ordinariness as a consequence of being expected and not surprising)
Derivation:
unexpected (not expected or anticipated)
Context examples
It struck him on the side; and such was his forward momentum and the unexpectedness of it, White Fang was hurled to the ground and rolled clear over.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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