as in sudden
not expected
ran into some unanticipated difficulties with the computer program
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Recent Examples of unanticipated
TikTok’s Impact on Outdoor Access The ban is set to have unanticipated ripple effects in the outdoors community.
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Taylor Lorenz, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2025
Its unauthorized, unanticipated, and exponential growth has proceeded apace these many years for several reasons, but conspicuous among them is this one: the failure of the Congress to do its job.
—Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
The missed projection was the result of state reversions and unanticipated growth of services for gaining and disabled residents.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
While raging wildfires in California, devastating hurricanes affecting unanticipated regions, and record heat waves appropriately capture the headlines and describe the heartbreaking human stories, the longer-lasting effects on individual’s physical and mental health often go unnoticed.
—Bill Frist, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Taylor Lorenz, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2025
Its unauthorized, unanticipated, and exponential growth has proceeded apace these many years for several reasons, but conspicuous among them is this one: the failure of the Congress to do its job.
—Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
The missed projection was the result of state reversions and unanticipated growth of services for gaining and disabled residents.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
While raging wildfires in California, devastating hurricanes affecting unanticipated regions, and record heat waves appropriately capture the headlines and describe the heartbreaking human stories, the longer-lasting effects on individual’s physical and mental health often go unnoticed.
—Bill Frist, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Unanticipated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unanticipated. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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