unforeseen

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ foreseen.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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unforeseen (not comparable)

  1. Not foreseen.
  2. Not expected.

Translations

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Noun

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unforeseen (plural unforeseens)

  1. An event, incident, cost, etc. that was not foreseen.
    • 1997, Gerry Souter, Buying and Selling Multimedia Services, page 25:
      Unfortunately, many of the unforeseens are created by the client.