UNEXPECTEDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unexpectedness mean? 

• UNEXPECTEDNESS (noun)
  The noun UNEXPECTEDNESS has 1 sense:

1. extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected

  Familiarity information: UNEXPECTEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNEXPECTEDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

surprisingness; unexpectedness

Context example:

the unexpectedness of the warm welcome

Hypernyms ("unexpectedness" is a kind of...):

extraordinariness (the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered)

Antonym:

expectedness (ordinariness as a consequence of being expected and not surprising)

Derivation:

unexpected (not expected or anticipated)

 Context examples 

It struck him on the side; and such was his forward momentum and the unexpectedness of it, White Fang was hurled to the ground and rolled clear over.

(White Fang, by Jack London)