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inexpectant

inexpectant adjective: not expectant.

Adjective

inexpectant (comparative more inexpectant, superlative most inexpectant)

  1. Not expectant.
    • Loverless and inexpectant of love, I was as safe from spies in my heart-poverty, as the beggar from thieves in his destitution of purse.1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette

Forms of inexpectant

comparativemore inexpectant
superlativemost inexpectant

Origin of inexpectant

From in- + expectant.

Questions about inexpectant

What does inexpectant mean?
Inexpectant means not expectant.
What part of speech is inexpectant?
Inexpectant is an adjective.

Words near inexpectant in the dictionary

  1. inexorably
  2. inexorcisable
  3. inexpansible
  4. inexpectable
  5. inexpectancy
  6. inexpectant
  7. inexpectation
  8. inexpected
  9. inexpectedly
  10. inexpectedness
  11. inexpedience

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