unplanned
adjective
un·planned
ˌən-ˈpland 
: not expected or intended : not planned
an unplanned detour
an unplanned pregnancy
Examples of unplanned in a Sentence
an unplanned change in our itinerary—we got lost!
stumbled through a completely unplanned acceptance speech
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Coldplaygate The year’s most astonishing, unplanned visual gag involved a married (but not to each other) pair of tech executives caught embracing on a Kiss Cam at a Coldplay concert.
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Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2025
With a prolonged illness comes a lot of unplanned expenses.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Nov. 2025
The annual meeting will likely take place in late 2026, unless a previously unplanned meeting is convened beforehand.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2025
In the case of Uri, natural gas plants made up 58% of all the unplanned outages in Texas, according to FERC.
—Spencer Kimball,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 22 Nov. 2025
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Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2025
With a prolonged illness comes a lot of unplanned expenses.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Nov. 2025
The annual meeting will likely take place in late 2026, unless a previously unplanned meeting is convened beforehand.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2025
In the case of Uri, natural gas plants made up 58% of all the unplanned outages in Texas, according to FERC.
—Spencer Kimball,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 22 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unplanned
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“Unplanned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unplanned. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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