Synonyms for Unforeseen
un·fore·seen

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1. unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue(p)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"

   Antonyms:
   expected

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1. List of paraphrases for "unforeseen":

   unexpected, unanticipated, unforeseeable, unintended, unpredictable, unplanned, unscheduled, adventitious, contingencies, contingency, casual, unpredicted

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1. Learned Hand:

   There is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally. As nearly as we can, we must put ourselves in the place of those who uttered the words, and try to divine how they would have dealt with the unforeseen situation; and, evidence of what they would have done, they are by no means final.

2. England Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe:

   The implementation of the detailed reforms will inevitably throw up unforeseen effects in particular places, and where it is justified we will need to revisit issues, but we should be careful about talking about turning back the overall regulatory dial or trying to trade off the risk of financial instability for short-term growth.

3. Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera:

   An unforeseen consequence of this (immigration crackdown) is the strengthening of criminal groups that are very organized and smugglers that are transnational and have connections with different groups, you create these monsters in reality with your own policies.

4. Simon Stevens:

   There is now significant planning going on around all the scenarios including these medicines supply scenarios, there's extensive work under way now between the department of health, other parts of government, the life sciences industry, the pharma companies. Nobody is pretending this is a desirable situation but if that's what we get to then it will not have been unforeseen.

5. Russ Vought:

   As we move forward to meet the statutory deadline without further delay, we will work with Congress to address any unforeseen issues that arise.