unexpectation

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ expectation.

Noun

unexpectation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Absence of expectation; want of foresight.
    • 1646, Jos[eph] Hall, The Balme of Gilead: Or, Comforts for the Distressed, both Morall and Divine. […], London: […] M[iles] Flesher, for Nat[haniel] Butter, →OCLC:
      Surely, these are no small disadvantages: as every other evil, so this especially, is aggravated by our unexpectation.
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