unsurprise

plural unsurprises

1. countableuncountableAbsence 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

present singular third person unsurprises · participle present unsurprising · participle past unsurprised · past unsurprised

1. rareTo not surprise: to reverse the surprise of, or fail to surprise.

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   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 figuring out new, more functional cause-effect relationships.

   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 to be the message?” “Tell me the color.” “Dark,” he said. “Sort of brownish-black.”

   2014, S.R. Palumbo, Passion Flower, →ISBN, page 148