as in sudden
not expected
ran into some unanticipated difficulties with the computer program
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But when unanticipated side effects emerge, resentments between the sisters come to a head.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
First was the possibility of miscalculation—that an attack by one party would lead to unanticipated casualties and force the other side into an unwanted war.
—Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2024
The sudden, unanticipated degradation of Hezbollah has shattered tired, old assumptions that Iran’s most vaunted proxy was untouchable, catching the U.S.—and many others—by surprise, right as the global community was calling for a cease-fire.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 29 Sep. 2024
Having essentially remade the first Evil Dead with Evil Dead 2, Raimi decided to do the farthest-flung, most unanticipated finale to round out the trilogy.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
First was the possibility of miscalculation—that an attack by one party would lead to unanticipated casualties and force the other side into an unwanted war.
—Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2024
The sudden, unanticipated degradation of Hezbollah has shattered tired, old assumptions that Iran’s most vaunted proxy was untouchable, catching the U.S.—and many others—by surprise, right as the global community was calling for a cease-fire.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 29 Sep. 2024
Having essentially remade the first Evil Dead with Evil Dead 2, Raimi decided to do the farthest-flung, most unanticipated finale to round out the trilogy.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024
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