unexpected
Example Sentences
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Most economists pin the recent rise in the rate on more people entering the labor force — an unexpected 1.2 million increase since July.
From MarketWatch
Cobb’s unexpected new career prefigured those of the charismatic and authoritative doctor-authors and healthcare influencers guiding women through menopause online today.
But for a rider who won one of the sport's biggest races in spectacular and unexpected fashion last year, it's an even bigger shock.
From BBC
Their unexpected reunion forces them to choose either the fellowship of their own kind, or their interspecies family unit.
From Salon
Ha’la is a name my parents found in a baby book that means unexpected gift.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.