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Unlikely :: Unlikely (a.) Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely..

Cross :: Cross (a.) Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse.

Rencounter :: Rencounter (v. t.) To meet unexpectedly; to encounter.

Plot :: Plot (n.) In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means..

Expectancy :: Expectancy (n.) That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope..

Expectable :: Expectable (a.) That may be expected or looked for.

Burst :: Burst (v. i.) To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appear suddenly and unexpectedly or unaccountably, or to depart in such manner; -- usually with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as forth, out, away, into, upon, through, etc..

Expecting :: Expecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Expec.

Unhoped-for :: Unhoped-for (a.) Unhoped; unexpected.

Squill :: Squill (n.) A European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea, formerly Scilla, maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties used in medicine. Called also sea onion..

Vail :: Vail (n.) An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.

Expectoration :: Expectoration (n.) The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting..

Suspensive :: Suspension (n.) The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf. Retardation..

Respondent :: Respondent (a.) Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.

Even :: Even (a.) As might not be expected; -- serving to introduce what is unexpected or less expected.

Abeyance :: Abeyance (n.) Expectancy; condition of being undetermined.

Unhoped :: Unhoped (a.) Not hoped or expected.

Prospective :: Prospective (n.) Being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected; as, a prospective benefit..

Surprise :: Surprise (n.) The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise..

Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to /hwart; as, to balk expectation..

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