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unpremeditated

British  
/ ˌʌnprɪˈmɛdɪˌteɪtɪd /

adjective

  1. not planned beforehand; spontaneous

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“It was a clumsy attempt that seemed unpremeditated and it didn’t make sense.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2024

After deliberating for about 30 hours over six days, jurors found McClam not guilty of first-degree, or premeditated, murder but said they could not reach a verdict on a charge of second-degree, or unpremeditated, murder.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2022

Mr Trump signed a full pardon of Mr Behenna, who has served five years for unpremeditated murder in a combat zone.

From BBC ● May 7, 2019

It’s almost shocking to see how Matisse progressed from those uncertain tries to the final images, which seem unpremeditated, as if born in a moment of divine inspiration.

From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2015

It seemed as if somehow my questions, naive and unpremeditated though they were, had, nonetheless, provided him with some long-awaited opportunity to vent his pent-up frustrations and bitterness.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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