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UNSURPRISED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unsurprised mean?
• UNSURPRISED (adjective)
The adjective UNSURPRISED has 1 sense:
1. not surprised or expressing surprise
Familiarity information: UNSURPRISED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not surprised or expressing surprise
Synonyms:
not surprised; unsurprised
Context example:
that unsuprised obstinate look on his face
Antonym:
surprised (taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment)
Context examples
“Well, in a way there has come to be a sort of connection,” I answered unsurprised by this time at such gaps in his vocabulary, which, like his knowledge, was the acquirement of a self-read, self-educated man, whom no one had directed in his studies, and who had thought much and talked little or not at all.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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