unanticipated
/ (ˌʌnænˈtɪsɪˌpeɪtɪd) /
not anticipated; unforeseen
Words Nearby unanticipated
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How to use unanticipated in a sentence
You need to recognize the fact that something unanticipated could happen.
‘Stop asking for a ‘viral’ anything’: Why Ocean Spray’s successful meme can’t be replicated | Kristina Monllos | October 12, 2020 | DigidayIts creators hope to define objects in a way that’s useful now but flexible enough to accommodate the unanticipated uses mathematicians might have for these objects.
Building the Mathematical Library of the Future | Kevin Hartnett | October 1, 2020 | Quanta MagazineThese microscopic air bags “have so many uses that were totally unanticipated,” Shapiro says.
This year’s SN 10 scientists aim to solve some of science’s biggest challenges | Science News Staff | September 30, 2020 | Science NewsThe example resonates because wars, like pandemics, create dramatic, unanticipated needs for medical innovations.
Times of strife can lead to medical innovation—when governments are willing | By Jeffrey Clemens/The Conversation | September 9, 2020 | Popular-ScienceI mean, it has very little to do with the unanticipated uses.
The Internet Won’t Save Us: Evgeny Morozov’s Stand Against Technology Solutionism | Robert Herritt | March 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
They can also have unintended and unanticipated consequences.
Banning the Big Gulp and Taxing Sodas Are Lousy Solutions to the Obesity Problem | Richard B. McKenzie | June 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMeanwhile, the conservative activist Ralph Reed called it “an unanticipated gift to the Romney campaign.”
And in some places, it has worked out—but with unanticipated complications.
Despite years in adult entertainment, this exposure of her private life was unprecedented and unanticipated, says Foster.
There are many mysteries of marriage, quite unanticipated by the bachelor before he changes his state.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonThese came in their order, and with them, unanticipated tarnishings on the first bright perfection of our relations.
The New Machiavelli | Herbert George WellsThis unanticipated exclamation astonished and delighted me, especially when I recognized, by the sound of her voice, Old Rachel.
The Sheepfold and the Common, Vol. II (of 2) | Timothy EastIt was very sudden—entirely unanticipated—although I had been suspecting disease of the heart.
Hubert's Wife | Minnie Mary LeeFor it was a charm; an actual feminine, an unanticipated personal, charm; past reach of tongue to name, wordless in thought.
The Amazing Marriage, Complete | George Meredith
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