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. Wendell Berry:

   We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. (Actually appearing as "a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children" in _The Unforeseen Wilderness: An Essay on Kentucky’s Red River Gorge_, published 1971)

2. Erik Pevernagie:

   In our life journey, the unexpected may remind us or surprise us. It may remind us when we are moved by things we think we recognize and give us a good feeling. It may surprise us when we find out things which open a new vision on the world and offer us an unforeseen experience. ( "Looking for the unexpected" )

3. Hiral Sanghavi:

   They did n’t know that it is very different from ecommerce, they thought, it’s promising a November delivery, so it would deliver right about that time. They fail to understand that it is a startup, that there are some unforeseen circumstances which could cause delays.

4. Alexander Vindman:

   So I think that, in the end, I have no regrets about how things turned out. Yes, I left the military unforeseen. I had every intention staying on -- going on to war college. But I think my role may have been, in certain ways, more important in that I was able to do my part -- defend this nation in a very meaningful manner and expose corruption by the chief executive.

5. Martha McSally:

   Importantly, while funding for this project was authorized and appropriated in FY19, it is no longer an FY19 project due to unforeseen environmental issues at the construction site, the Army had to complete a major environmental cleanup before the actual construction project could be awarded. At the earliest, this pushed the award back to summer of FY20. The environmental cleanup is expected to continue until August 2020.