unsurprising
adjective
un·sur·pris·ing
ˌən-sər-ˈprī-ziŋ 
ˌən-sə-
: not surprising or unexpected
… the unsurprising result of carefully hatched plans …—
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For a woman practically synonymous with a garden hat and farm-to-table cooking, that her last will and testament would return her to the soil is perhaps unsurprising, if not a bit unconventional.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025
The surge in fighting is unsurprising.
—Liam Karr, Time, 8 Dec. 2025
Legal experts said the lawsuit is an unsurprising move from Bayer.
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Boston Herald, 6 Dec. 2025
There is also a shortage of manpower for Russia’s war machine (an unsurprising fact, given the astronomical casualty numbers, perhaps over a million men, that Russia has sustained).
—Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025
The surge in fighting is unsurprising.
—Liam Karr, Time, 8 Dec. 2025
Legal experts said the lawsuit is an unsurprising move from Bayer.
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Boston Herald, 6 Dec. 2025
There is also a shortage of manpower for Russia’s war machine (an unsurprising fact, given the astronomical casualty numbers, perhaps over a million men, that Russia has sustained).
—Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unsurprising
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“Unsurprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsurprising. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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