unexpected direction

collocation in English

meaningsofunexpectedanddirection

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unexpected
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.ɪkˈspek.tɪd/us
/ˌʌn.ɪkˈspek.tɪd/
not ...
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direction
noun
uk
/daɪˈrek.ʃən/us
/dɪˈrek.ʃən/
the position towards which someone or something moves ...
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(Definition ofunexpectedanddirectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunexpected direction

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It is interesting that this distinction receives empirical support from anunexpecteddirection.
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Institutional clarity of responsibility was found to moderate campaign effects regarding economic attitudes, but in theunexpecteddirection.
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If a line is enabling current -ow in anunexpecteddirection, this can often be prevented by the addition of a diode to the design.
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These cases can be considered as adjustments in which the succession went in an unplanned orunexpecteddirection.
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Trouble so often comes from a totallyunexpecteddirection.
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This penal experience has in recent years been confirmed in what seems to me a veryunexpecteddirection.
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In fact, they came from an entirelyunexpecteddirection.
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The threads of the plot are suddenly broken off, or continued in unexpected directions.
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Authorities recommend that only one person should be allowed to jump at a time to avoid collisions and people being catapulted in anunexpecteddirectionor higher than they expect.
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He was wounded and burned but stayed in action and repeatedly showed up at critical moments from anunexpecteddirectionto change the course of a skirmish.
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In studies of major depressive disorder, cognitive behavioral therapy and interpersonal therapy were associated with markedly similar changes in cortical-subcortical circuitry, but in unexpected directions.
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It will open the flood-gates of extravagance in all sorts of new and unexpected directions, and how can it be otherwise?
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Without doubt, there will be unpredictable consequences, sometimes boomeranging in unexpected directions.
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There are pools which may become maelstroms, and currents which may go in unexpected directions.
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Parliament also is continually growing, sometimes in the most unexpected directions, in the responsibilities which it has to shoulder.
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This method of writing is a shared project and often leads in unexpected directions.
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And the relationship goes in a lot of funny, unexpected directions.
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Their major asset is speed and mobility, as well as their ability to strike from unexpected directions with automatic fire and light troop deployment.
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