unpremeditated

Examples

• All

• The unpremeditated decision to travel on a whim led to one of the best vacations of their lives.

• I had told Irma and Frank Gloriana that the outburst probably meant that the killer had acted on a whim, a sudden impulse, and the murder was unpremeditated.

  Fiction book (1992)

• And all this was unpremeditated, the sheerest chance.

  Fiction book (1995)

• "The songs were personal, unpremeditated, and evanescent, which made them extremely difficult to capture.

  Academic text (2014)

• Even sincere acts and unpremeditated words would be manipulated into lies.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Then, in an unpremeditated gesture that startled and appalled her, she reached her hand to touch the feet of the statue.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Comprehension, in short, means the unpremeditated, attentive, facing up to and resisting of reality, whatever it may be.

  Harvard University

• I am hastily scratching off these unpremeditated and no doubt dopey words.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Then, if his heart is pure and God puts something unpremeditated into it, he will accept it, providing he can find confirmation for it in the Scriptures, as St. Anthony the Great says.

  Blog text (14)

• In fact, Hickey's thesis came to him as an unpremeditated outburst in a gathering a couple of decades ago, where he was asked what he felt was going to be important in the world of art in the coming years.

  Blog text (12)

Synonyms

S

spontaneous

vsunpremeditated

187 4.2

Happening naturally without planning or outside cause

is the same idea emphasising absence of earlier thought or planning

A

accidental

vsunpremeditated

118 3.0

Happening by chance and not planned

is about absence of planning but not necessarily mere chance

U

unintended

vsunpremeditated

53 4.1

Not planned and not done on purpose

matches unplanned sense but stresses lack of deliberate aim

I

impromptu

vsunpremeditated

37 6.3

Done or said without preparation

covers the same spontaneity but not limited to brief performances

U

unforeseen

vsunpremeditated

37 4.7

Not expected to happen

highlights absence of planning rather than only surprise or prediction

U

unintentional

vsunpremeditated

26 4.1

Happening by accident

focuses on lack of intent rather than simply missing prior planning

U

unplanned

vsunpremeditated

25 3.5

Happening by chance without getting ready first

focuses specifically on lack of earlier planning rather than chance only

I

inadvertent

vsunpremeditated

15 6.6

Not done on purpose and happening by accident

is about absence of planning rather than accidental oversight

U

unanticipated

vsunpremeditated

10 5.8

Happening suddenly without warning

is about lack of planning rather than merely being unexpected

U

unrehearsed

vsunpremeditated

7 5.3

Not planned or practiced before

is about not planning rather than merely lacking rehearsal

U

unbidden

vsunpremeditated

5 7.5

Happening on its own without being asked or wanted

is about lack of prior planning rather than absence of request

U

unprompted

vsunpremeditated

2 6.2

Done without being asked

is about lacking prior planning rather than absence of external prompting

U

unheralded

vsunpremeditated

1 7.4

Happening suddenly without warning

means not planned earlier rather than only being unannounced

I

improvisatory

vsunpremeditated

1 7.7

Happens without planning, often on the spot

is broader, applying to any action done without prior planning

U

unpredicted

vsunpremeditated

1 5.1

Happening when no one expects it

is about not being planned rather than only lacking foresight

U

unstudied

vsunpremeditated

1 6.4

Not planned or practiced and seeming natural

is the general lack of prior planning beyond appearance or style

U

uncalculated

vsunpremeditated

1 5.6

Not planned or thought about before doing something

is the same lack of prior thought but narrower on calculation

E

extemporary

vsunpremeditated

8.8

Happening without much planning

is the general lack of prior planning beyond public performance use

U

uncontrived

vsunpremeditated

7.0

Appearing natural and not forced

highlights absence of planning rather than only natural appearance

U

unconstructed

vsunpremeditated

6.0

Speech or action that feels natural and not planned

is the straightforward lack of prior planning rather than presentation style

U

undesigned

vsunpremeditated

7.3

Not planned or done on purpose

matches lack of planning but is more about intention than spontaneity

Antonyms

P

planned

26 1.0

Arranged before it happens on purpose

P

premeditated

• Formal

22 7.2

Done on purpose after planning it

How Premeditated

premeditated

• Formal

22 7.2

deliberate

125 4.1

planned

26 1.0

unpremeditated

2 7.5

accidental

118 3.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology