unforeseen
Example Sentences
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His intense focus can help take the emotion out of any unforeseen circumstance.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
“It’s more complicated now because China has moved toward formalizing these rules. The threat is omnipresent and it’s sometimes used in unforeseen ways.”
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
Wright said the boy's tragic death was "not the result of some dreadful yet unforeseen accident or natural phenomenon".
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
“It might be logically perfect, but it breaks once it starts interacting with other systems in unforeseen ways,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
We have just seen how peoples of some regions began to cultivate wild plant species, a step with momentous unforeseen consequences for their lifestyle and their descendants’ place in history.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing unforeseen
Power Prefix: un-
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: un-
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