unsurprised
adjective
un·sur·prised
ˌən-sər-ˈprīzd 
ˌən-sə-
: not surprised
She looked so complete, so unsurprised, so warmly confident.—
Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol OatesI watched in pained fascination, oddly unsurprised by the spectacle …—Tom Perrotta
Tom PerrottaExamples of unsurprised in a Sentence
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Both Erickson and Russell were unsurprised to learn that the number of hate crimes had risen faster in states with conservative laws.
—John D. Harden, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
Zanzibar Fair Trade co-owner Josh Varner said he was unsurprised upon learning that an alleged thief, accused of pilfering about $100,000 of rare antiques from his Land Park business, failed to appear in court this month after being released from jail.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2024
Perhaps the man with the tablet had been right to seem so unsurprised by her.
—Hazlitt, 24 Jan. 2024
By then, the newspaper business was struggling under a waning advertising market, and Baron was unsurprised to find Weymouth running out of rope.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
Ruth seems unsurprised to find her own creation confronting her, and the two sip (or slurp) tea as Barbie laments the confusing prospects of the real world.
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 21 July 2023
But there’s one person who is completely unsurprised by all of this, and who reckons there will be yet more revelations.
—Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
This is what global warming looks like While scientists say the records are alarming, most are unsurprised – though frustrated their warnings have been mostly ignored for decades.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 8 July 2023
After a lifetime of supporting her multiple younger brother and sisters, Yasin is unsurprised that someone in Kourtney’s position would want to keep something as personal as a wedding sacrosanct.
—Tiwa Adebayo, Vogue, 10 July 2023
John D. Harden, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
Zanzibar Fair Trade co-owner Josh Varner said he was unsurprised upon learning that an alleged thief, accused of pilfering about $100,000 of rare antiques from his Land Park business, failed to appear in court this month after being released from jail.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2024
Perhaps the man with the tablet had been right to seem so unsurprised by her.
—Hazlitt, 24 Jan. 2024
By then, the newspaper business was struggling under a waning advertising market, and Baron was unsurprised to find Weymouth running out of rope.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
Ruth seems unsurprised to find her own creation confronting her, and the two sip (or slurp) tea as Barbie laments the confusing prospects of the real world.
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 21 July 2023
But there’s one person who is completely unsurprised by all of this, and who reckons there will be yet more revelations.
—Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
This is what global warming looks like While scientists say the records are alarming, most are unsurprised – though frustrated their warnings have been mostly ignored for decades.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 8 July 2023
After a lifetime of supporting her multiple younger brother and sisters, Yasin is unsurprised that someone in Kourtney’s position would want to keep something as personal as a wedding sacrosanct.
—Tiwa Adebayo, Vogue, 10 July 2023
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