English

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Etymology

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in- +‎ expected

Adjective

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inexpected (comparative more inexpected, superlative most inexpected)

  1. Obsolete form of unexpected.
    • 1649, Bishop Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Diverse Practical Cases of Conscience:
      [] had not God's inexpected champion, by divine instinct, taken up the monster, and vanquished him; leaving all but his head to bedung that earth, which had lately shaken at his terror.

References

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inexpected”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.