as in sudden
not expected
ran into some unanticipated difficulties with the computer program
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Then came Chelsea’s unanticipated recall of Chalobah, a move sparked by the injuries suffered by Wesley Fofana and Benoit Badiashile at Stamford Bridge.
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Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
For example, while there’s been some talk in the trades of the NFL signing off on a floating break to be used in case of an emergency or otherwise unanticipated disruption in play, such a show of flexibility is old hat.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Instead, the advent of the birth control pill and other cultural and economic trends pushed the fertility rate down — evidence of how factors outside a demographer’s field of study can have enormous unanticipated effects.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
Like many early neocons, Kristol was a Marxist who became disillusioned with both the anti-democratic nature of Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union and the unanticipated consequences of liberal social policies in the United States.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
For example, while there’s been some talk in the trades of the NFL signing off on a floating break to be used in case of an emergency or otherwise unanticipated disruption in play, such a show of flexibility is old hat.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Instead, the advent of the birth control pill and other cultural and economic trends pushed the fertility rate down — evidence of how factors outside a demographer’s field of study can have enormous unanticipated effects.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025
Like many early neocons, Kristol was a Marxist who became disillusioned with both the anti-democratic nature of Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union and the unanticipated consequences of liberal social policies in the United States.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Unanticipated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unanticipated. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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