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not bargained for

ADJECTIVE

unexpected

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abrupt accidental amazing astonishing fortuitous startling stunning sudden swift unanticipated unforeseen unpredictable wonderful

WEAK

chance electrifying eye-opening from left field impetuous impulsive instantaneous not in the cards out of the blue payback prodigious staggering unheralded unlooked-for unpredicted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deliberate designed expected intentional planned predictable slow

ADJECTIVE

unforeseen

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abrupt startling sudden unanticipated unexpected

WEAK

accidental from left field out of the blue surprise uncalculated unlooked-for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

expected

WEAK

foreseen predictable predicted

Example Sentences

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That is a situation United had not bargained for six months ago.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025

What he had not bargained for was the effect his disappearance would have on his mother and stepfather.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2016

Superior, it was clear, had not bargained for the early collapse.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2015

But the 22-month period between his last flight and his first letter was a price she had not bargained for.

From Time Magazine Archive

No, he certainly had not bargained for this sort of thing when he married.

From A Young Mutineer by Meade, L. T.