I arrived late because I ran into some unanticipated traffic.
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Unanticipated
Synonyms for "unanticipated" (66 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Adjective(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (19)
nerve-shatteringout-of-the-waypast expectationprecipitantprecipitateprecipitousquickshockingspeedystartlingsuddensurprisingswiftunaccustomed
Adjective(3 words)
Noun(2 words)
surprise giftsurprisings
Related words (33)
unannouncedundivinedunexpectedunforeseeableunforeseenunguessedunheraldedunhoped forunintentionalunlooked forunlooked-forunpredictableunpredictedunprepared forwithout warning
Adjective(16 words)
unbudgetedunexpectedunexpected countsunexpected endingunexpected resultunexpected schedule delayunforecasted weatherunforeseen turn of eventsunintendedunintended effectunlooked-forunplannedunplanned activitiesunpredictable conductunpredictedunseen
Noun(2 words)
unexpected nonbiological eventunplanned resource use
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More general
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8 entriesunanticipated amendmentunanticipated consequenceunanticipated deviationunanticipated eventunanticipated outcomeunanticipated protocol changeunanticipated riskunanticipated side effect
Collocations
5 entriesunanticipated changesunanticipated consequencesunanticipated costsunanticipated resultsunanticipated side effects
Inflections
2 entriesmore unanticipatedmost unanticipated
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
“Very much unanticipated,” a senior U.S. defense official said at the time, describing what he called “the magnitude of humanity” flowing out of the terror group’s final shred of territory.
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Federally regulated financial institutions were generically analyzed to determine their ability to continue to promote essential services in the event of a major earthquake like those that have been postulated for this assessment. The conclusion reached thus far is that large-magnitude earthquakes pose no significant or unanticipated problems of solvency and liquidity for such institutions. The Federal Reserve System and other regulatory entities have procedures in place that are designed—and have been tested—specifically to provide for the continued operation of financial institutions immediately following an earthquake or other emergency.
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