unannounced
adjective
un·an·nounced
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Definition of unannounced
: occurring without any prior announcement or warning : not announced
an unannounced concert showed up unannounced at her doorstep
Examples of unannounced in a Sentence
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There were the visits to Riley Hospital for Children, so many of them unannounced. — Conor Orr, SI.com, "Everything Andrew Luck Was, Is and Will Be," 3 Sep. 2019 When a New York Times reporter and photographer appeared unannounced, Constance Ulbrich, a CATL employee, was cordial but said she was not authorized to answer questions or allow photos. — New York Times, "With a $2 Billion Factory From China, a German City Lets Others Worry," 2 Sep. 2019 Since Monica Puig lost to Yafan Wang earlier this month at the Western & Southern Open, Puig has lost her coach (who departed - unannounced, per Puig, to coach Sloane Stephens) and her first-round U.S. Open match to Rebecca Peterson. — Dave Clark, Cincinnati.com, "Monica Puig's former coach, Kamau Murray: Joining Sloane Stephens at U.S. Open no surprise," 28 Aug. 2019 Some administration officials traveling with the president in France were furious after Zarif’s unannounced arrival in Biarritz. — NBC News, "Trump denies being caught off guard by Zarif visit, says Macron sought his approval," 26 Aug. 2019 The de facto host of the event, Macron invited Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to attend a round of diplomatic talks on Sunday -- unannounced. — Aj Willingham, CNN, "5 things to know for August 26: G7 Summit, 2020 race, Amazon, military suicides, slavery," 26 Aug. 2019 The drill involved an unannounced number of navy and coast guard ships, air force planes, and army and marine troops and took place around Dokdo, a set of largely uninhabitable volcanic outcroppings off the east coast of South Korea. — Choe Sang-hun, BostonGlobe.com, "South Korea launches military exercise for islets also claimed by Japan," 25 Aug. 2019 The first will open next year and the second at an unannounced later date, with a new attraction that will take park visitors on a spaceship ride to Wakanda, the fictional land that is home to the superhero Black Panther. — Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times, "New Spider-Man ride tops list of Disney theme park attractions unveiled at D23," 25 Aug. 2019 The as-yet unannounced device, seen to the right of the above photo, has a quad-camera array including a wide-angle lens and a primary 64-megapixel module that almost certainly uses Samsung’s new 1/1.7-inch ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor. — Sam Byford, The Verge, "Here are the first photos shot with a 64-megapixel phone camera," 8 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unannounced.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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unannounced
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of unannounced
: surprising and unexpected : not having been announced or spoken about before
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