Used in a Sentence

unanticipated

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for unanticipated.

Editorial note

Microsoft's power was reduced more by market shifts, failure to adapt, and unanticipated new tech than it was by monopoly sanctions.

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Quick take

Not anticipated.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of unanticipated gathered in one view.

adjective

Not anticipated.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for unanticipated.

Example sentences

1

Microsoft's power was reduced more by market shifts, failure to adapt, and unanticipated new tech than it was by monopoly sanctions.

2

You'd be surprised how many people get put into collections for unanticipated health expenditures.

3

If you spend 6 months gathering requirements that are obsolete (or wrong for unanticipated reasons) before they're finished, you've lost 6 months.

4

If you have an unanticipated error you're in the land of unknown unknowns.

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People already have a good understanding that injuries can have unanticipated complications.

6

I actually don't mind giving advice to people, but the 4:30 AM wakeup call was unanticipated.

7

However its growth was not wildly unanticipated or anything like that.

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Merton's 1936 paper The Unanticipated Consequences of Purposeful Social Action [1].

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But if we add too many policy restrictions, we risk heading off unanticipated innovations.

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It's a dangerous tool, and should almost never be used for updates, but it's really nice to be able to answer unanticipated questions by simply writing up a query.

11

I guess is fear to unknown and unanticipated phenomena.

12

It will be a very long time before we trust the technology enough to allow a car where there's no driver to take over in an unanticipated event.

Quote examples

1

Unfortunately this can't be planned or taken into account early enough, by the definition of "unanticipated".

2

This is also good because sometimes a "five minute" fix can turn into a huge project because of unanticipated factors.

3

But then hours later, this article comes along to point out that even "fixing defects" could have unanticipated negative side effects....

4

It looks like all sw development processes try to guarantee budget by taming "unanticipated change".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use unanticipated in a sentence?

Microsoft's power was reduced more by market shifts, failure to adapt, and unanticipated new tech than it was by monopoly sanctions.

What does unanticipated mean?

Not anticipated.

What part of speech is unanticipated?

unanticipated is commonly used as adjective.