unusual behaviour

collocation in English

meaningsofunusualandbehaviour

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unusual
adjective
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/ʌnˈjuː.ʒu.əl/us
/ʌnˈjuː.ʒu.əl/
different from others of the same type in a way that is surprising, interesting, ...
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behaviour
noun
uk
/bɪˈheɪ.vjər/us
/bɪˈheɪ.vjɚ/
the way that ...
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(Definition ofunusualandbehaviourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Second, gemination sometimes showsunusualbehaviourwith respect to multiply affixed forms - in pretheoretical terms : it sometimes seems as though gemination ' skips a cycle ' in multiply affixed forms.
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I appreciate that it is difficult if they have been engaging inunusualbehaviour.
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It is hoped that theunusualbehaviourthat we have observed in the forced case, in particular the existence of sustained subharmonic solutions, may provide some clues for future investigations.
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Probation officers are not merely expected to recognise signs ofunusualbehaviourbut have to make judgments as to how they may be handled.
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The card provides an easy and discrete way of explaining the holder's possiblyunusualbehaviour.
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As adaptations to such a scarce and scattered resource, they have severalunusualbehaviourpatterns.
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This is anunusualbehaviour, recorded only in the unrelated koklass.
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Like other babblers they will use their foot to grasp food items, anunusualbehaviourfor passerine birds.
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It shows anunusualbehaviourwhen occasionally it loses muscle tone and hangs limply from its pedal disc attachment.
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Dunsey disappears, but little is made of this notunusualbehaviour, and no association is made between him and the theft.
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She would be too grateful to notice that this wasunusualbehaviour, that he seemed to have few friends or family.
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Like the whitetip reef shark, they have been documented resting motionless on the sea bottom or inside caves,unusualbehaviourfor requiem sharks.
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As well, hatchlings raised in water with high levels of carbon dioxide demonstrateunusualbehaviour, such as being attracted to the scent of predators.
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It was hypothesized that, to explain thisunusualbehaviour, there must be an overarching system that co-ordinates other cognitive resources.
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