unplanned
- adjective
- /ʌnˈplænd/
- We've had a lot of good fortune, but it was all unplanned and a total surprise.
- unplanned pregnancy
- unplanned error
- unplanned decisions
And this is stuff that is unplanned, but not too much.
- And this is stuff that is unplanned, but not too much.
- Well, something limiting happened that was unplanned and therefore I have to cancel the trip.
- We've had a lot of good fortune, but it was all unplanned and a total surprise.
- Or at least prevent your food from unplanned rotting.
- In effect, the more you schedule and practice suffering, the less unplanned suffering will disrupt your life.
- What was more of a unplanned sort of joyous discovery about the industry?
- The whole thing you just did that was cool, that was unplanned.
- To be honest, I think the thing that did me good, especially as I had a four day labour and an unplanned C-section.
- Four days, one unplanned C-section, one beautiful baby, one tired mum and one sort of tired but not as tired as mum and dad.
- That's the unplanned fucking carnage of life.
- So like I look at you, you did it a really outside the box way unplanned too, which is cool.
Examples
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Four days, one unplanned C-section, one beautiful baby, one tired mum and one sort of tired but not as tired as mum and dad.
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Is case management effective in reducing the risk of unplanned hospital admissions for older people?
Academic text (2012) -
And that is an unplanned impact of technology.
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It's known as an unplanned pregnancy.
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Something is obviously wrong when there are three million unplanned pregnancies every year.
Academic text (2003) -
I'm just talking about a pleasant, unplanned encounter in the middle of the day.
Fiction book (1993) -
Almost four in ten women aged 40-44 had had at least one unplanned birth.
Academic text (2008) -
Women also gave these answers and added two others: unplanned pregnancies and moving in with their romantic partners.
Academic text (2015) -
After engine number two failed, the bird went into an unplanned descent, and the controls stiffened.
Fiction book (1991) -
They went on an unplanned adventure after missing their train.
Synonyms
Happening without warning
Happening naturally without planning or outside cause
Happening by chance and not planned
Not planned and not done on purpose
Done or said without preparation
Not expected to happen
Happening by accident
Not planned or arranged in advance
Not done on purpose and happening by accident
Happening suddenly without warning
Not planned or practiced before
Impossible to know before it happens
Happening without being planned or thought about first
Done without being asked
Happening suddenly without warning
Happening when no one expects it
Not expected and coming as a surprise
Not planned or thought about before doing something
Not planned or practiced and seeming natural
Not usual or expected in a situation
Not planned or done on purpose
Speech or action that feels natural and not planned
No one expects it before it happens
Not planned to happen at a set time
Not arranged in advance for a time or visit
Antonyms
Compounds
- Jargon
A sudden violent break of a machine or structure that makes it fall apart
How Planned
- US
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unplanned starts with the part un- meaning 'not' and ends with plan, which is a word for an idea or map of what you will do, so unplanned means 'not planned' or happening by chance.