unsurprise

unsurprise noun: absence of surprise.

Noun

unsurprise (countable and uncountable, plural unsurprises)

Absence of surprise.
- And there, in the shadows of the hallway, was my mother, looking up, unsurprised, in this house of unsurprises.2017, Robert Power, Tell it to the Dog: a memoir of sorts, →ISBN

unsurprise (third-person singular simple present unsurprises, present participle unsurprising, simple past and past participle unsurprised)

(rare) To not surprise: to reverse the surprise of, or fail to surprise.
- To summarize, theories about learning from failure depict a rather straightforward process:
  The surprise of failure is followed by a systematic assessment to “unsurprise the past.” Once the part, or otherwise malfunctioning component, has been identified, learning from failure is a question of...2013, John D. Lee, Alex Kirlik, The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Engineering, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 405
- “Then try to unsurprise yourself.” But Gienna couldn't remember a thing. His mind went blank. He had thought about her continuously and pictured her a thousand times every moment he was away from her—even dreamed about her—and how the fuck could he not remember a thing like that? “Is this supposed...2014, S.R. Palumbo, Passion Flower, →ISBN, page 148

Noun
plural	unsurprises
Verb
third-person singular present	unsurprises
present participle	unsurprising
past participle	unsurprised
past	unsurprised

From un- + surprise.

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