Unanticipated
[,ʌnæn'tɪsɪpetɪd]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
Checked by Laurie--From WordNet
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unexpected, sudden, abrupt, unthought of, unlooked for.
Typist: Sean
Examples
- We could not and ought not to be rigidly bound by the rules laid down under circumstances so different for emergencies so utterly unanticipated. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I watched them alight (carriages were inadmissible) amidst new and unanticipated splendours. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Typist: Sean