unforeseen

/ ˌʌnfɔːˈsiːn /

adjective

1. not seen or known beforehand; unanticipated

Example Sentences

It wasn’t the kind of unforeseen expense she imagined using her new cash savings for, which made it “a hard pill to swallow,” Sanchez said.

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The company is spending almost $100 billion on backup data-center capacity to cover unforeseen demand from future products and research, the documents show.

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The unforeseen jump in inflation in the third quarter has forced the RBA to reemphasize the fact that it is again nervously watching incoming data, and little else.

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Holiday forecasting has been challenging in the postpandemic years, which have been rife with unforeseen circumstances—from supply chain disruptions to decades-high inflation.

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And while $300,000 or less sounds like a nice round figure, it could quickly end up costing more when plumbing and other foreseen and unforeseen structural conditions are taken into account.

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Related Words

• abrupt 
• startling 
• sudden 
• unanticipated 
• unexpected