unexpected result
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunexpectedandresult
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unexpected
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.ɪkˈspek.tɪd/us/ˌʌn.ɪkˈspek.tɪd/
not ...
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result
noun
uk/rɪˈzʌlt/us/rɪˈzʌlt/
something that happens or exists because of ...
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(Definition ofunexpectedandresultfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofunexpected result
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This is anotherunexpectedresult.
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Adjustments led to anunexpectedresult.
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How could thisunexpectedresultcome about?
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This is anunexpectedresult, and therefore informative.
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There are several possible explanations for thisunexpectedresult.
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They do not have a good explanation for thisunexpectedresult.
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This is anunexpectedresultand requires further theoretical and experimental analysis to test its validity.
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The secondunexpectedresultwas the absence of an overall enhancing effect of distraction on problem-solving in depressed patients.
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Thus, motivation to do her best in both languages to please the experimenter could partially account for thisunexpectedresult.
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Thisunexpectedresultcannot be accounted for by the way in which the meaning-inferred method has been operationalized.
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Theunexpectedresultis that the method of isentropic (self-similar volume) compression lead to agreement with current experiments.
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Although this is anunexpectedresult, it is consistent with the relatively low levels of average gravida among the patients.
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Anotherunexpectedresultwas that the white-vented myna occurred less often in transects that were surrounded by urban parks.
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It is a veryunexpectedresult.
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That is anunexpectedresultof revaluation.
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That looks to me like anunexpectedresult.
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What, then, has gone wrong to produce thisunexpectedresult?
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Anunexpectedresultof the tree-ring analyses was the counter-intuitive patterns of runs of slow and fast years of growth.
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For example, anunexpectedresultcan be traced back to a specific piece of the generator by "dissecting" or "opening up" the program.
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Theunexpectedresultis the diametrically opposed behaviour of the young people with respect to their choice of so or pretty.
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Secondly, anunexpectedresultis that older men were more likely to participate in four categories of leisure activity than older women.
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The other 10 yielded anunexpectedresult: y+ and y (including males in some cases) were segregated in the next generation.
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During this period, we found that the panelists' perception of the late evening writing session was more favorable than it was previously-a somewhatunexpectedresult.
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Thisunexpectedresultled to a general examination of the problem (3 2) yielding an explanation and several useful results concerning frictionally damped planetary eddy motions.
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The absence of a link between imagery and comprehension in the adolescents was anunexpectedresult, given the statistically significant findings for the other two groups.
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