unannounced
adjective
un·an·nounced
ˌən-ə-ˈnau̇n(t)st 
: occurring without any prior announcement or warning : not announced
an unannounced concert
showed up unannounced at her doorstep
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During two unannounced visits to Olivet’s campuses outside of Riverside and San Francisco, Bureau of Private and Post-Secondary Education officers testified that few students and faculty were viewed in living quarters and in classrooms.
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Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Evan Blass has posted images of an unannounced Lenovo Legion Go S on X today, revealing black and white variants of a handheld gaming PC.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 13 Dec. 2024
In 2012, President John Atta Mills made an unannounced visit to a market in Accra to buy kenkey – and by doing so prove that prices weren’t rising as quickly as his political opposition claimed.
—Justice Baidoo, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
The Korean won was one of the biggest movers on Tuesday, plunging against the U.S. dollar after South Korea's president declared martial law in an unannounced late-night address on television.
—Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
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Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Evan Blass has posted images of an unannounced Lenovo Legion Go S on X today, revealing black and white variants of a handheld gaming PC.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 13 Dec. 2024
In 2012, President John Atta Mills made an unannounced visit to a market in Accra to buy kenkey – and by doing so prove that prices weren’t rising as quickly as his political opposition claimed.
—Justice Baidoo, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
The Korean won was one of the biggest movers on Tuesday, plunging against the U.S. dollar after South Korea's president declared martial law in an unannounced late-night address on television.
—Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Unannounced.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unannounced. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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