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Recent Examples of unpremeditated Those who forgave depicted the moment in mystical terms—unpremeditated, unexpected, the words just flowed. Kevin Sack, Time, 3 June 2025 Richmond initially was charged with unpremeditated murder, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. CBS News, 31 Jan. 2024 His determination to capture the naturalistic, unpremeditated aspects of his subjects made his work pulse with a startling sense of life. The New Yorker, 11 May 2022 Sanick Dela Cruz is charged with unpremeditated murder and making a false statement. CNN, 9 Mar. 2022 Rooney also resembled Hemingway—and Raymond Carver, a renovator of Hemingway’s minimalism whom Rooney has cited as an influence—in her ability to write dialogue that sounds unpremeditated but has a neutron-star density of drama and emotion. Caleb Crain, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2021 Colloquial speech sounds direct and unpremeditated. Washington Post, 9 July 2021 Although in cancel culture the moral panics are roving and unpremeditated, they can still be exploited for the benefit of the dominant class. New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020 Even the story behind her name encapsulates her seemingly unpremeditated, autonomous career moves, while also reflecting the tension between availability and evasion that animates her work. Emily J. Lordi Photographs By Liz Johnson Artur, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpremeditated
Adjective
  • Most hot-car deaths are accidental Being stressed can increase your likelihood of memory lapses that lead to leaving your child in a car, according to a prominent cognitive neuroscience expert who has researched the function of memory in such tragedies.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 27 June 2025
  • Her manner of death was determined to be accidental.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • The impromptu late-night performances continued for several nights.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 22 June 2025
  • The best parts, of course, are the unexpected bad weather, an unexpected road closure, an impromptu concertand mosquitoes.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025

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“Unpremeditated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpremeditated. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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