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Examples of unanticipated in a Sentence
The new policy has had some unanticipated side effects.
ran into some unanticipated difficulties with the computer program
Recent Examples of unanticipated from the Web
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Fort Lauderdale has about $76 million ready for unanticipated expenses.
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United Airlines spokeswoman Maddi King told NBC News that the company strives to provide customers with flexible travel options when there are unanticipated interruptions to operations.
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Seizures, or fits, occur after an unanticipated electrical discharge in the brain.
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The pace of technological change is now so great that even the very latest submarines could become vulnerable to unanticipated attacks by hackers using techniques which military boffins have not prepared for.
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The idea of an ocean has long been a more attractive explanation and, in this sense, the recent finding wasn’t unanticipated.
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Circa 1779
First Known Use of unanticipated
circa 1779
UNANTICIPATED Defined for English Language Learners
unanticipated
playDefinition of unanticipated for English Language Learners
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: not expected or anticipated : not thought of as a possibility
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