unexpectation

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noun

Absence of expectation; want of foresight.

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Meanings

noununexpectation (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableAbsence of expectation; want of foresight.

    Surely, these are no small disadvantages: as every other evil, so this especially, is aggravated by our unexpectation.

    1646, Jos[eph] Hall, The Balme of Gilead: Or, Comforts for the Distressed, both Morall and Divine. […], London: […] M[iles] Flesher, for Nat[haniel] Butter, →OCLC

Origin

From un- + expectation.

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APA

unexpectation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unexpectation

MLA

“unexpectation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unexpectation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unexpectation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unexpectation.

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