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unsurprising

unsurprising adjective: not surprising; expected.

Adjective

unsurprising (not comparable)

  1. Not surprising; expected.
    • The relative popularity of the Kyle of Lochalsh service is unsurprising, given how the famous route jostles with the West Highland Line for the title of Scotland's (and indeed the world's) most scenic rail journey.2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 47

unsurprising meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

unsurprising in Bengali

not surprising
অনাশ্চর্যজনক onaścorjojonok

unsurprising in Malayalam

foreseeable, predictable, (only) to be expected
അതിശയമില്ലാത്ത, പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കാത്തതല്ലാത്ത, പ്രവചിക്കാവുന്ന, മുൻകൂട്ടികാണാവുന്ന, പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കാവുന്ന, ചിത്തകലിത

Antonyms of unsurprising

Origin of unsurprising

From un- + surprising.

Words formed from unsurprising

Questions about unsurprising

What does unsurprising mean?
Unsurprising means not surprising; expected.
What is unsurprising in Bengali?
Unsurprising in Bengali is অনাশ্চর্যজনক (onaścorjojonok). See Unsurprising meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is unsurprising?
Unsurprising is an adjective.

Words near unsurprising in the dictionary

  1. unsurprise
  2. unsurprised
  3. unsurprisedly
  4. unsurprisedness
  5. unsurprises
  6. unsurprising
  7. unsurprisingly
  8. unsurprisingness
  9. unsurrender
  10. unsurrenderable
  11. unsurrendered

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unsurprising (page history and authors); unsurprising (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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