unexpectedness

Questions about unexpectedness

What does unexpectedness mean?

unexpectedness means "extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected".

How many syllables are in unexpectedness?

unexpectedness has 5 syllables: u-nex-pec-ted-ness. The stress falls on "pec".

What is another word for unexpectedness?

Close synonyms include surprisingness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of unexpectedness?

The recorded antonyms are expectedness.

Is unexpectedness a common word?

unexpectedness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.