Collocations for unexpected - adj.
ADVERB
most,
very
Help came from a most unexpected quarter.
Help came from a most unexpected quarter.
completely,
quite,
totally,
wholly
not entirely
His death was not entirely unexpected.
not entirely
His death was not entirely unexpected.
a little,
rather,
somewhat
It happened in rather unexpected circumstances.
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
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