unannounced

adjective

Definition of unannouncednext
1
as in undisclosed

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2
as in unexpected

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Recent Examples of unannounced Trump briefly stopped by its gift shop during an unannounced visit to the People's House in August 2025. — Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026 The show will pay tribute to Bowie’s biggest songs and premiere at an unannounced date in spring 2027 in Copenhagen. — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2026 Later that day, at the other end of the sprawling coastal city, an inspection team arrived unannounced at a factory for food flavorings and bakery additives. — Zishaan A Latif, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026 This is where DeBenedictis’s as-yet-unannounced four other microbes come in. — Brian Gallagher, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unannounced
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unannounced
  1. undisclosed
  2. unexpected
  3. unmentioned
  4. unanticipated
  5. unadvertised
  6. unforeseen
  7. confidential
  8. startling
Adjective
  • Its top three customers (the third is undisclosed) generate 72% of its revenue in Q2, the company said.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The work covers system development, demonstration, and integration efforts for an F-35 variant configured for an undisclosed Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customer.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of undisclosed
Adjective
  • The pom-pom sandals at Givenchy were wonderful, fun, unexpected and exactly what fashion lovers are looking for from a spring runway show.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Be especially cautious about unexpected texts or calls that arrive afterward.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of unexpected
Adjective
  • Tyler Loop’s game-winning field goal for the Ravens in Brazil was made possible by the Cowboys’ game management in the final seconds, details that went unmentioned on the CBS broadcast.
    — Mike Sando, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The Wiener Werkstätte’s undue obscurity may have something to do with not only those epistolary expressions of skepticism by the founding fathers of the Frankfurt School, but also Hoffmann’s latter-day Nazism, which in this show goes unmentioned.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of unmentioned
Adjective
  • To that point, Stockford, has had more than a few clients not measure a doorway or a corner stairwell in advance to make sure the piece can fit, which resulted in some unanticipated hurdles on moving day.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026
  • More gets lost when implementation hits an unanticipated constraint.
    — Lorenzo Alvaro, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of unanticipated
Adjective
  • Be advised, then, of the unadvertised benefits, and quirks, of in-person learning.
    — David Shribman, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Between 70-80% of job opportunities exist as unadvertised positions.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Definition of unadvertised
Adjective
  • According to Saks, the campaign depicts how different levels of the store offer something unforeseen.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Defenders of the emergency fees, which can be levied by HOA boards to address health and safety hazards or unforeseen expenses, say that long-standing infrastructure issues must be addressed, even if residents don’t like the price tag.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of unforeseen
Adjective
  • And a later district filing to the state acknowledged that more than 500 people who worked for district contractors likely had Social Security numbers and other confidential information exposed.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Ziccarelli said that Cochran claimed the charges were withdrawn because the defendant was working as a confidential informant.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of confidential
Adjective
  • The 6-foot-2, 200-pound Holcomb combines a startling precociousness with a moxie that has already shattered expectations.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
  • While the numbers are startling, Ohtani's at-bats suggest something isn't right.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of startling

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