unforeseen

B2
US /ˌʌnfɔɹˈsin/ UK /ˌʌnfɔːˈsiːn/
adj noun Freq #22753

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Not foreseen.

    unforeseen catastrophe

  2. 2
    noun

    An event, incident, cost, etc. that was not foreseen.

    Unfortunately, many of the unforeseens are created by the client.

  3. 3
    adj

    not anticipated

  4. 4
    adj

    Not expected.

Etymology

From un- + foreseen.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 adj · not anticipated unanticipated

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