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unexpectedness

unexpectedness noun: the state of being unexpected.

Noun

unexpectedness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being unexpected.
    • For one of the chief accounts, upon which Wit it self is delightful, is, in very many cases, the unexpectedness of the things that please us; that unexpectedness being the highest Degree of Novelty, which, as I freshly noted, does exceedingly gratifie most Men’s minds.1665, Robert Boyle, “A Discourse Touching Occasional Meditations”, in Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects, London: Henry Herringman, Section 2, Chapter 1, p. 15
    • […] all in an instant, without having before given me the least reason to suspect any thing of the matter, he forced me into the barge; saying, I was going to leave him, but he would take care I should not. I was so struck with the unexpectedness of this proceeding, that for some time I did not...1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 4, in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, London, page 174

unexpectedness meaning in Tamil and Urdu

unexpectedness in Tamil

திடீரெனல்

unexpectedness in Urdu

unexpectedness
اچانک پن ačānak pan

Examples of unexpectedness in a sentence

  • I was so struck with the unexpectedness of this proceeding, that for some time I did not make a reply […]1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 4, in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, London, page 174:
  • Gilbert Osmond had a high appreciation of the British aristocracy—he had never forgiven Providence for not making him an English duke—and could measure the unexpectedness of this conduct.1881, Henry James, Jr., chapter 9, in The Portrait of a Lady, New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC, page 125:

Origin of unexpectedness

From unexpected + -ness.

Questions about unexpectedness

What does unexpectedness mean?
Unexpectedness means the state of being unexpected.
What is unexpectedness in Tamil?
Unexpectedness in Tamil is திடீரெனல். See Unexpectedness meaning in Tamil.
How do you use unexpectedness in a sentence?
I was so struck with the unexpectedness of this proceeding, that for some time I did not make a reply […]
What part of speech is unexpectedness?
Unexpectedness is a noun.

Words near unexpectedness in the dictionary

  1. unexpectation
  2. unexpected
  3. unexpected hanging paradox
  4. unexpected red theory
  5. unexpectedly
  6. unexpectedness
  7. unexpecteds
  8. unexpecting
  9. unexpectingly
  10. unexpectorated
  11. unexpedient

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unexpectedness (page history and authors); unexpectedness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اچانک پن (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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