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 The spirit company’s Instagram page shared a video of the moment people realized who their special guest was and began freaking out when Jenner walked in unannounced. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026 The unannounced visit came just over a week before Netanyahu's party faces elections. — James Laporta, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 Shirley has since visited other states in the US under similar pretenses, showing up unannounced to grocery stores and hospice centers in search of evidence of fraud. — Mia Sato, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026 Apple alleges that some departing employees downloaded confidential files using company laptops and brought knowledge of unannounced technologies into their new roles. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 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
  • American technology giant Qualcomm announced plans this week to execute a new round of global layoffs, though exact figures remain undisclosed.
    — , CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Flyers forward Tyson Foerster returned to the lineup after a one-game absence because of an undisclosed injury.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of undisclosed
Adjective
  • Prince Harry is opening up about his and wife Meghan Markle’s unexpected decision earlier this year to move back to the United Kingdom years after their dramatic fallout with the British royal family.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The tropical getaway also included some unexpected entertainment.
    — Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 20 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
  • Systems fail; unanticipated difficulties occur; things break or rot.
    — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Wars erupt, crises develop, missions end and commanders are faced with unanticipated events to address.
    — James LaPorta, CBS News, 15 Oct. 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
  • In April, a US Army soldier was arrested and charged with using confidential information to make $410,000 in Polymarket bets on the timing of the military’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Keeping the information confidential was consistent with state protocol, a spokesperson in his department said, adding that it was still shared with local health officials.
    — Nat Lash, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of confidential
Adjective
  • Miller was a startling minus-37 in plus-minus ratio for the game.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026
  • At the Shrine, though, each song was still a startling feat of storytelling — a raw wound that somehow hadn’t healed at all.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of startling

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