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[syn: unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue(p)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unforeseen \Unforeseen\
See foreseen.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unforeseen
adj 1: not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines
of development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances";
"a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy";
"like a bolt out of the blue" [syn: unanticipated,
unforeseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue(p)]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "unforeseen":
abrupt, accidental, adventitious, aleatory, casual, causeless,
chance, chancy, contingent, destinal, dicey, electrifying,
extraordinary, fatal, fatidic, fluky, fortuitous, hasty, headlong,
iffy, impetuous, improbable, impulsive, incidental, indeterminate,
more than expected, nerve-shattering, out-of-the-way,
past expectation, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, quick,
risky, shocking, speedy, startling, sudden, surprise, surprising,
swift, unannounced, unanticipated, uncaused, undetermined,
undivined, unexpected, unforeseeable, unguessed, unheralded,
unhoped for, unlooked-for, unpredictable, unpredicted,
unprepared for, unsought, without warning