unexpected

unexpected
adj.
VERBS
be
ADVERB
most, very

Help came from a most unexpected quarter.

completely, quite, totally, wholly
not entirely

His death was not entirely unexpected.

a little, rather, somewhat

It happened in rather unexpected circumstances.

Unexpected is used with these nouns: ↑appearance, ↑arrival, ↑benefit, ↑bonus, ↑boost, ↑change, ↑compliment, ↑consequence, ↑death, ↑delay, ↑delight, ↑depth, ↑development, ↑direction, ↑discovery, ↑emergency, ↑encounter, ↑expense, ↑failure, ↑fall, ↑find, ↑finding, ↑guest, ↑hazard, ↑kindness, ↑meeting, ↑move, ↑occurrence, ↑outcome, ↑resignation, ↑return, ↑setback, ↑side effect, ↑sight, ↑source, ↑spin-off, ↑strength, ↑success, ↑surge, ↑surprise, ↑treasure, ↑turn, ↑twist, ↑victory, ↑visit, ↑visitor, ↑win, ↑windfall, ↑winner

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