as in sudden
not expected
ran into some unanticipated difficulties with the computer program
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Recent Examples of unanticipated
The Minnesota Como Park Zoo & Conservatory had an unanticipated birth occur in front of zoo-goers!
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Charna Flam, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
But there’s also another element to organizational support for innovation ‒ monitoring the roll ‒ out for potential problems and unanticipated risks.
—Michael Peregrine, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
However, an unanticipated round of layoffs on March 10 gutted three offices, including two top policy divisions and some senior science and engineering personnel, at NASA’s headquarters in Washington, DC.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025
Their viewpoint is that with the byzantine array of a large-scale mathematical and computational underpinning, there is indubitably a chance that unanticipated combinations and permutations are going to occur.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Charna Flam, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
But there’s also another element to organizational support for innovation ‒ monitoring the roll ‒ out for potential problems and unanticipated risks.
—Michael Peregrine, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
However, an unanticipated round of layoffs on March 10 gutted three offices, including two top policy divisions and some senior science and engineering personnel, at NASA’s headquarters in Washington, DC.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025
Their viewpoint is that with the byzantine array of a large-scale mathematical and computational underpinning, there is indubitably a chance that unanticipated combinations and permutations are going to occur.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unanticipated
Adjective
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Several conditions may cause sudden vision loss, such as an eye injury.—
Heidi Cope,
Health,
19 Apr. 2025
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All of a sudden, something that was a huge source of joy in my grandparents’ life became a challenge.—
Katie Akin,
Southern Living,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Aaron Rodgers clearly enjoys holding the NFL hostage: The NFL’s lamest offseason storyline had a new – but not unexpected – twist Thursday when Aaron Rodgers had thoughts on the New York Jets and new head coach Aaron Glenn.—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Upon his unexpected death less than two months later, John Paul I's successor, Karol Wojtyla, chose the name John Paul II to honor him.—
Christopher Watson,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Unanticipated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unanticipated. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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