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unexpected
adjective as in surprising
Strongest matches
abrupt, accidental, amazing, astonishing, fortuitous, startling, stunning, sudden, swift, unanticipated, unforeseen, unpredictable, wonderful
Example Sentences
Most movie nights, he chooses popular films that are familiar but also unexpected.
Geraldine Brooks’ ‘Memorial Days: A Memoir,’ about the sudden, unexpected death of her husband, is as singular as the loss itself.
Gonzales-Day flips the coin, which has the unexpected effect of transforming identity from an answer into a question.
With bright, unexpected flavor, it zaps hunger and buys time to get dinner on the table.
She said about £7bn a year could be extracted by the end of the decade by taxing what she described as unexpected profits the banks had made as a result of high interest rates.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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