UNFORESEEN

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

(adjective) not anticipated; “unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development”- H.W.Glidden; “unforeseen circumstances”; “a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy”; “like a bolt out of the blue”; “unseen problems”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

unforeseen (not comparable)

Not foreseen.

Not expected.

Noun

unforeseen (plural unforeseens)

An event, incident, cost, etc. that was not foreseen.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

19 February 2025

TRANSLATION

(noun) (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm


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Coffee Trivia

Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.

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