unforeseen
AdjectiveUS[uhn-fawr-seen]/ˌʌnfɔrˈsin/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (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”“unseen problems”Synonyms: unanticipatedunseenunlooked-forout of the blueOpposite expectedSimilar unexpected
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Unforeseen
Formed with the prefix un- (“not”): To past particles, or to adjectives formed after the analogy of past particles, to indicate the absence of the condition or state expressed by them. See foreseen.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54