unanticipated
adjective
un·an·tic·i·pat·ed
ˌən-an-ˈti-sə-ˌpā-təd 
: not anticipated : unexpected, unforeseen
unanticipatedly
adverb
Examples of unanticipated in a Sentence
The new policy has had some unanticipated side effects.
ran into some unanticipated difficulties with the computer program
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This also led to unanticipated costs for Sonder, resulting in significant revenue declines.
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
The $7,200 in CPPS funds will pay for all items firefighters placed on their wish list, barring unanticipated price increases, according to Rotary Club of La Jolla member Cindy Goodman.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Activists there leveraged this wholly unanticipated outcome to accelerate the rise of an organized antislavery campaign after 1783.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Through that lens, Trump beginning his second term with an unanticipated dose of fiscal discipline is extraordinary.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
The $7,200 in CPPS funds will pay for all items firefighters placed on their wish list, barring unanticipated price increases, according to Rotary Club of La Jolla member Cindy Goodman.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Activists there leveraged this wholly unanticipated outcome to accelerate the rise of an organized antislavery campaign after 1783.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Through that lens, Trump beginning his second term with an unanticipated dose of fiscal discipline is extraordinary.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Unanticipated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unanticipated. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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