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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On April 28th, a sudden frequency drop in Spain’s power grid triggered cascading shutdowns, leaving millions without power.—
Mark Le Dain,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Then, all of a sudden, one of those teams had one of the top five players in the league fall right in its lap.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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What’s perhaps unexpected, and has also contributed to Knies’ rise as a bona fide playoff performer?—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Say yes to group chats, catch-ups, or even unexpected collaboration.—
Colin Bedell,
Them.,
2 May 2025
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“Unanticipated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unanticipated. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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