uncanny

The Argentine author, whose writing habitually draws on the uncanny, here delivers a blend of superstition, dread and a leitmotif of mental instability in a register of acute psychological realism.

The 71-year-old has an uncanny ability to discern what young shoppers want.

Meg Jones' speed, strength, industry and uncanny ability to be in the right place at the right time have made her arguably the best player at this World Cup.

They said the 15-year-old had "an uncanny ability to make you laugh, making it sometimes difficult to be serious with him".

“I think down the line we’ll understand that there’s just something missing. It’s that uncanny valley concept.”