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unanticipated
adjective as in abrupt
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adjective as in contingent
adjective as in precipitant
Strong matches
adjective as in precipitous/precipitate
Weak matches
- abrupt
- breakneck
- brief
- frantic
- gone off half-cocked
- harum-scarum
- hasty
- headlong
- heedless
- hurried
- ill-advised
- impatient
- impetuous
- indiscreet
- jump the gun
- madcap
- off the hip
- off the top of head
- plunging
- precipitant
- quick
- rapid
- rash
- reckless
- refractory
- rushing
- subitaneous
- swift
- uncontrolled
- unexpected
- unforeseen
- violent
- willful
- without warning
adjective as in premature
adjective as in surprising
adjective as in unannounced
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adjective as in undreamed-of
adjective as in unexpected
Strongest matches
adjective as in unforeseen
adjective as in unheralded
Weak matches
adverb as in out of the blue
Example Sentences
The LAO said their outlook accounts for higher costs to fight wildfires, but doesn’t calculate in other unanticipated disasters, such as earthquakes or another pandemic.
The air will be filled with dust while patterns for hydrology and drainage will be altered, perhaps with unanticipated consequences.
In addition, UArts faced significant unanticipated costs, including major infrastructure repairs.
The investigation into the 2022 crash concluded that the Marines were doing routine flight operations when they experienced a dual hard-clutch engagement, leading to a “catastrophic, unpreventable and unanticipated mechanical failure.”
But that Dortmund will travel to France with hope — perhaps even with a little expectation — is still an unanticipated development.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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