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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

If death is always trying to spirit Carol away, like a demon lover, and psychosis comes suddenly for Anna, like an unpremeditated assault, it’s life that grinds Bonnie down.

From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2020

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

The next day, Behenna was found guilty of unpremeditated murder, a result that spared him of the possibility of life in prison without parole.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2019

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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