as in sudden
not expected
ran into some unanticipated difficulties with the computer program
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Recent Examples of unanticipated
But there’s also another element to organizational support for innovation ‒ monitoring the roll ‒ out for potential problems and unanticipated risks.
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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
After an early-morning departure from the International Space Station – their unanticipated home for the past 286 days – Wilmore and Williams splashed down around 6 p.m. ET in a SpaceX Dragon capsule.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
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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
After an early-morning departure from the International Space Station – their unanticipated home for the past 286 days – Wilmore and Williams splashed down around 6 p.m. ET in a SpaceX Dragon capsule.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Unanticipated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unanticipated. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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