unplanned
adjective
un·planned
ˌən-ˈpland 
: not expected or intended : not planned
an unplanned detour
an unplanned pregnancy
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Examples of unplanned in a Sentence
an unplanned change in our itinerary—we got lost!
stumbled through a completely unplanned acceptance speech
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The condition has upended her life, prompting an unplanned cross-country move to help facilitate her recovery, a process expected to take months.
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Sandra G. Boodman, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
Research shows that most Americans can't cover an unplanned expense of $500.
—Sacramento Bee, 13 June 2024
And although the abrupt, unplanned reopening did lead to many of the worst-case outcomes that zero COVID had been expressly designed to avoid—an overwhelmed health-care system and an exponential increase of COVID deaths—the widespread anguish and anger did not lead to mass panic or protests.
—Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2023
Letting debt pile up due to often unplanned health care needs is a problem shared by many, forcing some to take on extra work, relinquish homes and ration food and other basic necessities, a KFF Health News-NPR investigation found.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 11 June 2024
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Sandra G. Boodman, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
Research shows that most Americans can't cover an unplanned expense of $500.
—Sacramento Bee, 13 June 2024
And although the abrupt, unplanned reopening did lead to many of the worst-case outcomes that zero COVID had been expressly designed to avoid—an overwhelmed health-care system and an exponential increase of COVID deaths—the widespread anguish and anger did not lead to mass panic or protests.
—Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2023
Letting debt pile up due to often unplanned health care needs is a problem shared by many, forcing some to take on extra work, relinquish homes and ration food and other basic necessities, a KFF Health News-NPR investigation found.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 11 June 2024
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“Unplanned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unplanned. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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