startling
adjective
creating sudden alarm, surprise, or wonder; astonishing.
unstartling
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a word derived from
startling.
Example Sentences
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Despite this startling record of malfeasance, SOCOM's Comprehensive Review came to an unstartling conclusion.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2020
It is not journalism's ordinary business to deal with the unstartling normalities of life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Specifically, she was after biographical detail that would support her unstartling thesis that McCarthy's books are partly autobiographical.
From Time Magazine Archive
His ideas are unstartling, and in fact they would seem ordinary, if clarity and common sense were ordinary.
From Time Magazine Archive
His half-hopeful, half-baffled, wholly unstartling conclusion: no, if the U.S. and Russia can agree.
From Time Magazine Archive
