unplanned
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unplanned
Synonyms
accidental, casual, chance, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, unintended, unintentional, unpremeditated, unwitting
Antonyms
calculated, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, premeditative, prepense, set
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Her compact new novel, Red at the Bone, traces the impact of an unplanned teenage pregnancy on three generations of an African American family. — Annabel Gutterman, Time, "The 42 Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2019," 30 Aug. 2019 Sometimes volunteers end up helping clients in unplanned ways. — Mary Jacobs, Dallas News, "Puppy love: Volunteers bring food to dogs, cheer to elderly owners," 19 Aug. 2019 In a seemingly unplanned moment at the Cal Academy, Musk also acknowledged that Neuralink’s research had progressed beyond rodents to non-human primates. — Alex Davies, WIRED, "Here’s How Elon Musk Plans to Stitch a Computer into Your Brain," 17 July 2019 Aside from an unplanned pregnancy, stakes are embarrassingly low. — Carlos Aguilar, latimes.com, "Review: ‘Summer Night’ renders young adulthood as tiresome," 11 July 2019 Among them: the unplanned viral moment in 2018 that launched O’Rourke from a struggling Senate candidate to a serious presidential contender. — Liz Goodwin, BostonGlobe.com, "One viral moment can set a 2020 candidate apart — but they’re hard to come by," 6 July 2019 Better birth control and more of it The vast majority of abortions are a result of unplanned pregnancies, according to the CDC. — Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY, "The 'messy and complicated' story of America's shrinking abortion rate: Should we celebrate, or worry?," 13 June 2019 With the possibility of arrests in the back of her mind, Kaiser headed to the airport and off to Thailand for an unplanned vacation. — Craig Timberg, chicagotribune.com, "Brittany Kaiser regrets that her work with Cambridge Analytica helped elect Trump," 5 Aug. 2019 Second, it was filled with travelers from Israel, many of whom, Eleff speculated, keep kosher and might get hungry if their unplanned layover in Cleveland dragged on into the night. — Susan Glaser, cleveland.com, "After flight from Israel diverted to Cleveland Hopkins, this Clevelander made sure no passengers went hungry," 2 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unplanned.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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