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Meaning of "unsurprising" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNSURPRISING

unsurprising  [ˌʌnsəˈpraɪzɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNSURPRISING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unsurprising is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNSURPRISING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unsurprising in the English dictionary

The definition of unsurprising in the dictionary is if something is unsurprising, you are not surprised by it because you would expect it to happen or be like it is.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNSURPRISING


advertising
ˈædvəˌtaɪzɪŋ
civilizing
ˈsɪvɪlaɪzɪŋ
compromising
ˈkɒmprəmaɪzɪŋ
downsizing
ˈdaʊnsaɪzɪŋ
enterprising
ˈɛntəˌpraɪzɪŋ
merchandising
ˈmɜːtʃənˌdaɪzɪŋ
mesmerizing
ˈmɛzməraɪzɪŋ
organizing
ˈɔːɡənaɪzɪŋ
rising
ˈraɪzɪŋ
saccharising
ˈsækəˌraɪzɪŋ
saccharizing
ˈsækəˌraɪzɪŋ
sizing
ˈsaɪzɪŋ
socializing
ˈsəʊʃəˌlaɪzɪŋ
surprising
səˈpraɪzɪŋ
tantalizing
ˈtæntəˌlaɪzɪŋ
temporising
ˈtɛmpəˌraɪzɪŋ
temporizing
ˈtempəˌraɪzɪŋ
uncompromising
ʌnˈkɒmprəˌmaɪzɪŋ
unenterprising
ʌnˈentəpraɪzɪŋ
uprising
ˈʌpˌraɪzɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNSURPRISING

unsure
unsured
unsurely
unsurfaced
unsurmised
unsurmountable
unsurpassable
unsurpassably
unsurpassed
unsurprised
unsurprisingly
unsurveyed
unsusceptible
unsuspect
unsuspected
unsuspectedly
unsuspectedness
unsuspecting
unsuspectingly
unsuspended

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNSURPRISING

agonising
appetising
appraising
below-the-line advertising
bruising
cattle raising
consciousness raising
consciousness-raising
contextual advertising
display advertising
Easter Rising
fundraising
hair-raising
housing
practising
promising
raising
self-raising
subliminal advertising
unappetising
unpromising

Synonyms and antonyms of unsurprising in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNSURPRISING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unsurprising» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unsurprising

Translation of «unsurprising» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNSURPRISING

Find out the translation of unsurprising to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unsurprising from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unsurprising» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不意外的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

no sorprendente
570 millions of speakers

English

unsurprising
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unsurprising
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير المفاجئ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неудивительно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

previsível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হওয়াটা বেশ আশ্চর্যের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

peu surprenant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak mengejutkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wenig überraschend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

驚くに当たらない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

놀랍지 않은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unsurprising
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngạc nhiên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆச்சரியப்படுவதற்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Unsurprising
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şaşırtıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prevedibile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zaskakujące
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

недивно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

surprinzător
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έκπληξη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

unsurprising
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förvånande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overraskende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unsurprising

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNSURPRISING»

The term «unsurprising» is regularly used and occupies the 70.803 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNSURPRISING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unsurprising» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unsurprising» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unsurprising

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNSURPRISING»

Discover the use of unsurprising in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unsurprising and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pass Key to the SAT
Given the long-standing bias against Victorian art, it is unsurprising that British artists of the later nineteenth century are poorly repre- sented in the museum's collections. (A) Given the long-standing bias against Victorian art, it is unsurprising ...
Sharon Weiner Green, 2006
2
God and Design: The Teleological Argument and Modern Science
It is unsurprising that Jane won a lottery out of a billion participants, but it is surprising that Jim won three lotteries in a row each with a thousand participants ( even though the probability in each case is one in a billion). It is unsurprising that a ...
Neil A. Manson, 2003
3
Movement Theory of Control
(123) Arthur's frequent failure/haste/readiness to declare his intentions was unsurprising. Nominals like decision, plan, and vow, however, are non-eventive and can only combine with the adjective when pluralized (124)–(125). (124) * Arthur's ...
Norbert Hornstein, Maria Polinsky, 2010
4
The Social Medicine Reader, Second Edition: Volume 3: Health ...
The. Unsurprising. Surprise. of. Renewed. Health. Care. Cost. Inflation. Henry J. Aaron Observers have noted that after a hiatus in the mid- and late 1990s, health care costs are once again rising fast. Like Louis Renault, the benignly corrupt ...
Jonathan Oberlander, Larry R. Churchill, Sue E. Estroff, 2005
5
Decision Order and Time in Human Affairs
But unhappily it can achieve this only at the cost of importing the associations of the word 'surprise', and these introduce a fundamental inconsistency.. . .The trouble. . .lies with the width of the class of things which are unsurprising. Suppose I ...
G. L. S. Shackle, 2010
6
Perspectives on Imitation: Imitation, human development, and ...
It seeks to make them unsurprising, to make sense of them, by fitting them to the '' intentional'' scheme of reasons, purposes, and object-directedness. It cannot do so directly, however, because it does not have access to the system that ...
Susan L. Hurley, Nick Chater, 2005
7
Decision Order & Time in Human Affairs
But unhappily it can achieve this only at the cost of importing the associations of the word 'surprise', and these introduce a fundamental inconsistency The trouble. . .lies with the width of the class of things which are unsurprising. Suppose I set ...
8
Mimesis as Make-believe: On the Foundations of the ...
and when the first-time viewer of a painting is amazed to see chickens and dirty children portrayed, it might be fictional that perfectly ordinary, unsurprising chickens and children surprise him. This supposition will be strained, however, if the ...
Kendall L. Walton, 1990
9
Vision 2020
CHAPTER. 1. The. Obsolescence. of. ModernBeliefs: Unsurprising. Surprises. at. the. Dawn. of. a. New. Age. Ours has been called the age of fear and uncertainty. It isanage in which young people refuse to think about the future; an epoch ...
Ervin Laszlo, 2005
10
Money and Markets: Essays in Honor of Leland B. Yeager
5. Monopoly. politics. and. its. unsurprising. effects. James. C. Miller. III1. In 1964, I was studying for an MA in Economics at the University of Georgia when, at the urging of Professors George Horton and Aubrey Drury, both graduates of the ...
Roger Koppl, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNSURPRISING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unsurprising is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bogans is loud, proud and unsurprising
The long, unkempt hair. The black jeans and boots. The faded heavy metal t-shirt under a leather biking jacket. And the attitude. While that could well have been ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
Joseph Stiglitz: unsurprising Jeremy Corbyn is a Labour leadership …
Jeremy Corbyn, above, has emerged as a leadership contender because the 'promises of New Labour in the UK and of the Clintonites in the US have been a ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
'Pixels' Reviews Unsurprising -- Remember, It's An Adam Sandler …
Pixels had a great premise. It was a nostalgic concept built around old-school video games. The added bonus is re-thinking the kind of messages we send into ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
4
All wristjobs are as insecure as $#@%, reveals unsurprising research
Update A study by Hewlett Packard (HP) has revealed that a hefty 100 per cent of smartwatches contain significant security vulnerabilities. As part of HP's ... «The Register, Jul 15»
5
'Whistleblower' sacking unsurprising - lawyer
An employment lawyer says it is not at all surprising a real estate company has sacked one of its employees for leaking confidential sales data. Barfoot and ... «Radio New Zealand, Jul 15»
6
Study Details (Unsurprising) Factors That Make a Mobile Game …
Study Details (Unsurprising) Factors That Make a Mobile Game Successful. Author Tasos Lazarides; Posted On2015-07-14 14:00:23; News · Strategy Analytics. «Touch Arcade, Jul 15»
7
Top N.J. pollsters explain Christie's fall in a single word: 'unsurprising'
TRENTON — More than two and a half years after Hurricane Sandy pushed his approval rating to an all time high of 77 percent, Gov. Christie's polls are now ... «NJ.com, Jun 15»
8
Our Take: FIFA corruption is aggravating, but unsurprising
Our Take: FIFA corruption is aggravating, but unsurprising. Story · Comments. Print: Create a hardcopy of this page; Font Size: Default font size: Larger font size ... «Red and Black, Jun 15»
9
FIFA's unsurprising indictments, the Tsarnaev trial, and more
Unsurprising indictment: FIFA was ripe for corruption, and the charges against officials in the US and abroad amount to the least surprising indictments ever, ... «Boston Globe, May 15»
10
Women Are Just As Into Casual Sex As Men Are, Unsurprising Study …
Academic studies can be fascinating... and totally confusing. So we decided to strip away all of the scientific jargon and break them down for you. «Huffington Post, May 15»

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