used todescriberesults,profits, etc. that arehigherthan it wasthoughtthey would be:Thecompanyhasreportedbetter-than-expected secondquarterresults.(Definition ofbetter-than-expectedfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
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better-than-expectedAs a result of thebetter-than-expectedpicture, we are able to set a lower than expected average rate of return.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The production aircraft was 3600lbs kg lighter than originally specified, and recorded a three percentbetter-than-expectedrate of fuel burn.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The paintings were said to be in abetter-than-expectedcondition.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The market responded positively at thebetter-than-expectedfigures and the shares closed the day up 8p at 245p.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Is his plane exhibitingbetter-than-expectedperformance?FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/better-than-expected##