unpremeditated
adjective
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Definition of unpremeditated
: not characterized by willful intent and forethought : not planned in advance : not premeditated unpremeditated murder
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unpremeditated
Synonyms
accidental, casual, chance, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, unintended, unintentional, unplanned, unwitting
Antonyms
calculated, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, premeditative, prepense, set
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The portrait of Stalin, however, had pronounced his final, silent verdict on her unpremeditated crimes. — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, "The Wolves," 2 Apr. 2018 What followed was entirely unpremeditated and extraordinary. — Violet Massie-vereker, PEOPLE.com, "Creator of #MeNext? Viral Hashtag Makes Impassioned Plea: 'Any American Student Could Be the Next Victim'," 22 Feb. 2018 The random sample communicates in one unpremeditated frame all the significance that particular person’s drive down that particular road could possibly contain. — Gideon Lewis-kraus, New York Times, "What We See When We Look at Travel Photography," 22 Sep. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unpremeditated.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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