unannounced
adjective
un·an·nounced
ˌən-ə-ˈnau̇n(t)st 
: occurring without any prior announcement or warning : not announced
an unannounced concert
showed up unannounced at her doorstep
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Approximately 100 people turned out to see him during the unannounced visit.
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Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Previously, the city would authorize an automatic, unannounced tow on a habitual parking violator's vehicle.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Peter Hedges’s drama about a young recovering addict (Lucas Hedges) coming back unannounced to his family starts off promisingly, with Roberts’s supportive but wary character trying to manage her complicated feelings about her son’s return.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
The devastation of the earthquake is still shocking, but even showing up unannounced, a local family warmly welcomes us into their home for tea, fat discs of warm bread, apricots, and soft j’ben cheese.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
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Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Previously, the city would authorize an automatic, unannounced tow on a habitual parking violator's vehicle.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Peter Hedges’s drama about a young recovering addict (Lucas Hedges) coming back unannounced to his family starts off promisingly, with Roberts’s supportive but wary character trying to manage her complicated feelings about her son’s return.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
The devastation of the earthquake is still shocking, but even showing up unannounced, a local family warmly welcomes us into their home for tea, fat discs of warm bread, apricots, and soft j’ben cheese.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unannounced
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“Unannounced.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unannounced. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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