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unforeseen

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Not felt or realized beforehand; unexpected.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not foreseen; not foreknown.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective not foreseen.
  • adjective not expected.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not anticipated

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synonyms (57)

Words with the same meaning

  1. abrupt
  2. accidental
  3. adventitious
  4. aleatory
  5. casual
  6. causeless
  7. chance
  8. chancy
  9. contingent
  10. destinal
  11. dicey
  12. electrifying
  13. extraordinary
  14. fatal
  15. fatidic
  16. fluky
  17. fortuitous
  18. hasty
  19. headlong
  20. iffy
  21. impetuous
  22. improbable
  23. impulsive
  24. incidental
  25. indeterminate
  26. more than expected
  27. nerve-shattering
  28. out-of-the-way
  29. past expectation
  30. precipitant
  31. precipitate
  32. precipitous
  33. quick
  34. risky
  35. shocking
  36. speedy
  37. startling
  38. sudden
  39. surprise
  40. surprising
  41. swift
  42. unannounced
  43. unanticipated
  44. uncaused
  45. undetermined
  46. undivined
  47. unexpected
  48. unforeseeable
  49. unguessed
  50. unheralded
  51. unhoped for
  52. unlooked-for
  53. unpredictable
  54. unpredicted
  55. unprepared for
  56. unsought
  57. without warning

equivalents (1)

Other words for 'unforeseen'

  1. unexpected

same context (18)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. accidental
  2. catastrophic
  3. deplorable
  4. dire
  5. disastrous
  6. impending
  7. inexplicable
  8. insurmountable
  9. unanticipated
  10. unavoidable
  11. unexpected
  12. unexplained
  13. unheard-of
  14. unlooked-for
  15. unprecedented
  16. unpredictable
  17. untoward
  18. unwelcome

cross-references (1)

Cross-references

  1. the unforeseen

rhymes (163)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Aileen
  2. Amin
  3. Arleen
  4. Augustin
  5. Bean
  6. Cathleen
  7. Celine
  8. Charlene
  9. Christine
  10. Clymene
  11. Coleen
  12. Colleen
  13. Corinne
  14. Crimean
  15. Dean
  16. Deane
  17. Doreen
  18. Eileen
  19. Eugene
  20. Filene
  21. Gene
  22. Geraldine
  23. Green
  24. Greene
  25. Halloween
  26. Helene
  27. Irene
  28. Janine
  29. Jean
  30. Jeanne
  31. Jolene
  32. Justine
  33. Kathleen
  34. Kean
  35. Keane
  36. Keene
  37. Killeen
  38. Kristine
  39. Laurene
  40. Lean
  41. Levine
  42. Marine
  43. Marleen
  44. Maureen
  45. Maxine
  46. Mien
  47. Moline
  48. Nadine
  49. Nene
  50. Noreen
  51. Pauline
  52. Queen
  53. Rabin
  54. Racine
  55. Sabine
  56. Selene
  57. Serene
  58. Sheen
  59. Sistine
  60. Slovene
  61. Smithereen
  62. Steen
  63. Wolverine
  64. agin
  65. ameen
  66. aquamarine
  67. baleen
  68. bean
  69. beene
  70. bein
  71. benzene
  72. between
  73. bien
  74. brean
  75. caffeine
  76. canteen
  77. careen
  78. casein
  79. citrine
  80. clean
  81. clymene
  82. colleen
  83. convene
  84. corinne
  85. cortine
  86. crimean
  87. cuisine
  88. dean
  89. demean
  90. eighteen
  91. feldene
  92. fifteen
  93. figurine
  94. foreseen
  95. fourteen
  96. gean
  97. gelatine
  98. gene
  99. glean
  100. green
  101. greene
  102. haen
  103. intervene
  104. jean
  105. keen
  106. keene
  107. latrine
  108. lean
  109. lene
  110. lien
  111. machine
  112. mandarine
  113. marine
  114. mean
  115. meine
  116. mien
  117. moline
  118. moreen
  119. mujahedeen
  120. mujahideen
  121. nene
  122. nineteen
  123. obscene
  124. onscreen
  125. pauline
  126. peine
  127. plein
  128. preen
  129. preteen
  130. propylene
  131. queen
  132. ravine
  133. reconvene
  134. reen
  135. routine
  136. saline
  137. sardine
  138. scene
  139. screen
  140. seen
  141. serene
  142. seventeen
  143. shaheen
  144. sheen
  145. sixteen
  146. skeen
  147. skene
  148. spleen
  149. submachine
  150. submarine
  151. sunscreen
  152. tambourine
  153. tangerine
  154. teen
  155. thirteen
  156. trampoline
  157. treen
  158. umpteen
  159. unclean
  160. unseen
  161. vaccine
  162. wean
  163. wolverine

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  • pedalinfaith commented on the word unforeseen

    This one goes on my list of misused words in honor of President George W. Bush, who said, "We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."

    Ummmmm, how can one be ready for unforeseen events?

    December 14, 2006