Translation

• unexpected
• hard to imagine
• it had not occurred to me
• who could have thought that

Synonyms

• 不可捉摸, 不图, 不意, 不料, 不测, 不虞, 出乎意外, 出乎意料, 出其不意, 出冷门, 奇怪, 始料不及, 始料未及, 想得到, 意外, 意想不到, 意料之外, 殊不知, 竟, 竟然, 谁知, 飞, 骤起

Examples

• 他们作梦也想不到会输掉这场比赛。
  Little did they dream of losing the game.
• 一时失言常常会带来意想不到的结果。
  A slip of the tongue often brings about unexpected results.
• 虽然他很小心，但还是犯了个想不到的错误。
  Careful as he was, he made an unexpected mistake.