unsurprising

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adjective

Not surprising; expected.

Opposite
surprising
OriginEnglish surprising ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunsurprising (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
surprising

adjectivenot causing surprise

Opposite
surprising
Also see
par for the courseunshocking

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishsurprise
  9. Englishsurprising
  10. Englishunsurprising

From un- + surprising.

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Translations

Bengali অনাশ্চর্যজনক
  • অনাশ্চর্যজনক (onaścorjojonok)not surprising
Chinese Mandarin 不令人驚訝的 /不令人惊讶的
  • 不令人驚訝的 /不令人惊讶的 (bù lìngrén jīngyà de)not surprising
Dutch niet verrassend, niet verwonderlijk
  • niet verrassendnot surprising
  • niet verwonderlijknot surprising
Finnish yllätyksetön
  • yllätyksetönnot surprising
French attendu, prévu
  • attendunot surprising
  • prévunot surprising
  • peu surprenantnot surprising
German wenig überraschend, zu erwartend
  • wenig überraschendnot surprising
  • zu erwartendnot surprising
  • vorhersehbarnot surprising
Greek ανεκπληκτικός
  • ανεκπληκτικός (anekpliktikós)not surprising
Polish niezaskakujący
  • niezaskakującynot surprising
Portuguese nada surpreendente
  • nada surpreendentenot surprising
Russian неудиви́тельный
  • неудиви́тельный (neudivítelʹnyj)not surprising
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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