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unexpectation

unexpectation noun: absence of expectation; want of foresight.

Noun

unexpectation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Absence of expectation; want of foresight.
    • Surely, these are no small disadvantages: as every other evil, so this especially, is aggravated by our unexpectation.1646, Jos[eph] Hall, The Balme of Gilead: Or, Comforts for the Distressed, both Morall and Divine. […], London: […] M[iles] Flesher, for Nat[haniel] Butter, →OCLC

Origin of unexpectation

From un- + expectation.

Questions about unexpectation

What does unexpectation mean?
Unexpectation means absence of expectation; want of foresight.
What part of speech is unexpectation?
Unexpectation is a noun.

Words near unexpectation in the dictionary

  1. unexpansiveness
  2. unexpectable
  3. unexpectancy
  4. unexpectant
  5. unexpectantly
  6. unexpectation
  7. unexpected
  8. unexpected hanging paradox
  9. unexpected red theory
  10. unexpectedly
  11. unexpectedness

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