UNANTICIPATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unanticipated mean? 

• UNANTICIPATED (adjective)
  The adjective UNANTICIPATED has 1 sense:

1. not anticipated

  Familiarity information: UNANTICIPATED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNANTICIPATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not anticipated

Synonyms:

out of the blue; unanticipated; unforeseen; unlooked-for; unseen

Context example:

unseen problems

Similar:

unexpected (not expected or anticipated)

 Context examples 

This may trigger travel both now and in the future, and on these trips, all kinds of fun, unanticipated events will come up.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Alien dust in the solar system is not unanticipated.

(Saturn Spacecraft Samples Interstellar Dust, NASA)

A coded value specifying the representation of the criteria for determining whether an adverse event (experience or reaction) is considered unanticipated.

(Adverse Event Unexpected Reason Code, NCI Thesaurus)

Those exoplanets not fitting the mold could have exotic chemical compositions or unanticipated heat and circulation patterns.

(Water Is Destroyed, Then Reborn in Ultrahot Jupiters, NASA/JPL)

It provides a wonderful example of the unanticipated discoveries that result from applying state-of-the art research techniques to understudied organisms, said Maria Sutton of NSF's Directorate for Biological Sciences.

(How mantis shrimp make sense of the world, National Science Foundation)

This unanticipated finding suggests a link between nicotine use and the onset of type 2 diabetes, with implications for future prevention and treatment strategies for both diseases said National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Director Dr. Nora D. Volkow.

(Nicotine addiction linked to diabetes through a DNA-regulating gene in animal models, National Institutes of Health)

This is hard to predict because Uranus rules all events that are unanticipated, that seem to come out of the blue.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

First, Uranus, the planet of unanticipated events—ones you’d never think possible—will bring surprise good news about the money you need to get started.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If that was you, an unanticipated event was most likely directed toward a work project, co-worker, or subordinate staff, or it had to do with a health or fitness matter.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Uranus, the planet of unanticipated events, was in an ideal angle to the Sun and new moon from your house of hopes and wishes, so if you did receive a proposal, it suggests you were quite surprised, but happy you did.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)