singular vs unexpected

singular

adj
  • Out of the ordinary; curious. 

  • Being the only one of the kind; unique. 

  • Referring to only one thing or person. 

  • Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary. 

  • Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero. 

  • Each; individual. 

  • Being only one of a larger population. 

  • Not equal to its own cofinality. 

  • Having no inverse. 

noun
  • A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing. 

  • That which is not general; a specific determinate instance. 

unexpected

adj
  • Not expected, anticipated or foreseen. 

noun
  • Someone or something unexpected. 

How often have the words singular and unexpected occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )