Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not expecting; unexpectant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not expectant.
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- adjective Not
expectant .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Loverless and inexpectant of love, I was as safe from spies in my heart-poverty, as the beggar from thieves in his destitution of purse.
Villette 2003
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So oblivious was the house, so tame, so trained its proceedings, so inexpectant its aspect — I scarce knew how to breathe in an atmosphere thus stagnant, thus smothering.
Villette 2003
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'For myself, dear Ellen, while thankful to One who seems to have guided me through much difficulty, much and deep distress and perplexity of mind, I am still very calm, very inexpectant.
Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle Clement King Shorter 1891
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So oblivious was the house, so tame, so trained its proceedings, so inexpectant its aspect -- I scarce knew how to breathe in an atmosphere thus stagnant, thus smothering.
Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835
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Loverless and inexpectant of love, I was as safe from spies in my heart-poverty, as the beggar from thieves in his destitution of purse.
Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835
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