unsurprised

adjective

un·​sur·​prised ˌən-sər-ˈprīzd 

ˌən-sə-

: not surprised

She looked so complete, so unsurprised, so warmly confident.

—Joyce Carol Oates

I watched in pained fascination, oddly unsurprised by the spectacle …

—Tom Perrotta

Examples of unsurprised in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So, South Africa's Ramaphosa seemed unsurprised when Trump ambushed him Wednesday — the U.S. president even dimmed the lights for a screening of news clips alleging that white farmers are victims of a genocide in South Africa. —Alexander Smith, NBC news, 22 May 2025

Beijing watchers were unsurprised when its claim of a cheap breakthrough in artificial intelligence fell apart. —U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025

In October, after Mr. Padron’s first felony court appearance, Mr. De Los Santos seemed unsurprised that his client had been in jail so long. —Ilana Panich-Linsman, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025

Some of Trump’s loudest supporters seemed unsurprised that some of those swept up in deportations and jailed in El Salvador had no criminal record. —Brian Bennett, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1591, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unsurprised

• acclimatized
• actualized
• aerosolized
• alphabetized
• aluminized
• anaesthetized
• anesthetized
• annualized
• antagonized
• apologised
• apologized
• capitalised