unforeseen
UK/ˌʌnfɔːˈsiːn//ˌʌnfɔɹˈsin/
unforeseen adjective: not foreseen.
Adjective
unforeseen (not comparable)
- Not foreseen.
- unforeseen catastrophe
- unforeseen consequences
- Not expected.
Noun
unforeseen (plural unforeseens)
- An event, incident, cost, etc. that was not foreseen.
- Unfortunately, many of the unforeseens are created by the client.1997, Gerry Souter, Buying and Selling Multimedia Services, page 25
unforeseen meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
unforeseen in Tamil
- எதிர்பார்க்காத, எதிர்நோக்காத
unforeseen in Urdu
- غیرمنتظر
unforeseen in Malayalam
- not foreseen
- ആകസ്മികം ākasmikaṁ
- not expected
- അപ്രതീക്ഷിതം apratīkṣitaṁ
unforeseen in Kannada
- ಅನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿತ, ಮುನ್ಸೂಚನೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ಆಕಸ್ಮಿಕ
Examples of unforeseen in a sentence
- Due to the unforeseen circumstances, you are allowed an extension of two weeks to complete the task.
- We had to roll back the changes to the database because of an unforeseen error.
- NASA officials often talk about the "unknown unknowns" – the unforeseen problems that catch them by surprise.
Forms of unforeseen
| plural | unforeseens |
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Origin of unforeseen
From un- + foreseen.
Words formed from unforeseen
Words that rhyme with unforeseen
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- glean
- between
- byzantine
- canteen
- greene
- preen
- Racine
- careen
- intervene
- lean
- wean
- Christine
- obscene
- routine
- skene
- spleen
- submarine
- cuisine
- gasoline
- irene
- red bean
- serene
- -ene
- baleen
- demean
- eleventeen
- fascine
- gombeen
- latrine
- pristine
- Qazvin
- sheen
- tangerine
- unclean
- unseen
- vaccine
- amine
- aquamarine
- Beane
- beseen
- bottine
- chopine
- Enigma machine
- Eugene
- gene
- in between
- internecine
- jean
Questions about unforeseen
- What does unforeseen mean?
- Unforeseen means not foreseen.
- What is unforeseen in Tamil?
- Unforeseen in Tamil is எதிர்பார்க்காத, எதிர்நோக்காத. See Unforeseen meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is unforeseen?
- Unforeseen can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce unforeseen?
- Unforeseen is pronounced /ˌʌnfɔːˈsiːn/ (UK).
Words near unforeseen in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unforeseen (page history and authors); unforeseen (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unforeseen (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unforeseen (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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