Definition of unsurprising
: not surprising or unexpected
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Though no final decision has been made, Trump mulling whether to snub the climate deal — inked in Paris during a United Nations Climate Change Conference — is unsurprising, one source added.
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Fictionalized from historical events, the movie is sweeping and dynamic, if mostly unsurprising.
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With over 100 golden keys, the French Riviera has one of the highest concentrations of Clefs d'Or in the world -- perhaps unsurprising, given the organization's history.
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For readers of Mexican-American history, this sudden hardening of attitudes toward the undocumented was unsurprising: America has long maintained a love-hate relationship with Spanish-speaking labor.
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Not when the execution of those elements is so unsurprising, so packed with clichés, so entirely paint-by-the-numbers.
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First Known Use of unsurprising
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UNSURPRISING Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of unsurprising for English Language Learners
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: not causing surprise because you expected it : not surprising
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