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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpremeditated
Adjective
  • Taylor Farms has recalled its Honey Balsamic Salad Kits in response to an accidental switch in the salad dressing.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The safety lock prevents accidental deployment while the Flex Shears tool is in your pocket or bag.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Christmas Eve is her favorite day of the year, but she’s just been informed that her adult children won’t be coming over tonight because her ex-husband has decided to throw an impromptu wedding reception after his impromptu courthouse wedding with his second wife.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
  • No longer do white picket fences divide neighbors and security gates enclose neighborhoods, but walking trails zig zag throughout the homes with lush landscaping to give access to impromptu social intersections alongside nature.
    Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Ohs has described his method as collaborative and as calculatedly improvisational, a mix of composition in advance and real-time discovery.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But the Grateful Dead were an improvisational band.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The improvised nature of the production was born in part out of practical necessity.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • One person lies in the street, his head cracked open in a pool of blood, while a boy is carried away on an improvised stretcher.
    Mahmoud Atef, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Unpremeditated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpremeditated. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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