Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - unsurprising

If something is unsurprising, you are not surprised by it because you would expect it to happen or be like it is. It is unsurprising that he remains so hated... His choice was unsurprising. ? surprising ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ that • unsurprisingly Unsurprisingly, not everyone agrees that things are better... The proposals were swiftly and unsurprisingly rejected by Western ministers. ? surprisingly ADV: ADV with cl, ADV with v