UNPLANNED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unplanned mean? 

• UNPLANNED (adjective)
  The adjective UNPLANNED has 2 senses:

1. without apparent forethought or prompting or planning

2. not done with purpose or intent

  Familiarity information: UNPLANNED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNPLANNED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without apparent forethought or prompting or planning

Context example:

unplanned remarks

Similar:

casual; chance (occurring or appearing or singled out by chance)

ad hoc (often improvised or impromptu)

casual (without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand)

unpremeditated (not prepared or planned in advance)

Also:

unintended (not deliberate)

Antonym:

planned (designed or carried out according to a plan)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not done with purpose or intent

Synonyms:

unintentional; unplanned; unwitting

Context example:

an unwitting mistake may be overlooked

Similar:

unintended (not deliberate)

 Context examples 

A clinical encounter that encompasses planned and unplanned trial interventions, procedures and assessments that may be performed on a subject.

(Patient Visit, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

This would be money well spent, and you will likely want to write the check, but this cost may well be unplanned and set you back a bit.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

These are unplanned events linked to the operation.

(After Surgery, Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research)

Many snacks picked up at the checkout may be unplanned, impulse buys – and the options tend to be confectionary, chocolate or crisps.

(Removing sweets and crisps from supermarket checkouts linked to dramatic fall in unhealthy snack purchases, University of Cambridge)

An unforeseen and unplanned event or circumstance frequently causing loss or injury.

(Accident, NCI Thesaurus)

This would be a perfect weekend to take an unplanned trip to a woodland, mountainous area (Taurus is all about nature and greenery).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)