different between headlong vs unexpected

English

Etymology

From Middle English hedlong, alteration of hedling, heedling, hevedlynge (“headlong”), assimilated to long. More at headling.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?dl??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?dl??/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?h?dl??/
• Rhymes: -?dl??
• Hyphenation: head?long

Adverb

headlong (not comparable)

1. With the head first or down.
2. With an unrestrained forward motion.

   Figures out today show the economy plunging headlong into recession.

3. Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation, in haste, hastily

Antonyms

• arselong (UK dialect)

Translations

Adjective

headlong (comparative more headlong, superlative most headlong)

1. Precipitous.
2. Plunging downwards head foremost.
3. Rushing forward without restraint.
4. (figuratively) Reckless, impetuous.
   • 1869, RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone, II:

     “Time is up,” cried another boy, more headlong than head-monitor.

Derived terms

• headlongness
• headlongs

Translations

Verb

headlong (third-person singular simple present headlongs, present participle headlonging, simple past and past participle headlonged)

1. (transitive) To precipitate.

Anagrams

• Hogeland

English

Etymology

un- +? expected

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?k?sp?kt?d/

Adjective

unexpected (comparative more unexpected, superlative most unexpected)

1. Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.
   • The windmill presented unexpected difficulties.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:surprising

Antonyms

• expected

Derived terms

• unexpectedly
• unexpectedness

Related terms

• unplanned
• incidental
• contingent
• bolt from the blue
• out of the blue

Translations

Noun

unexpected (plural unexpecteds)

1. (rare) Someone or something unexpected.

Anagrams

• unexcepted