Synonyms for Unforeseen:

adj.
• abrupt (adjective)
- un-anticipated,
- un-ceremonious,
- un anticipated,
- un foreseen,
- un ceremonious,
- quickest,
- un-foreseen,
- most unanticipated,
- quick,
- more unanticipated.
• accidental (adjective)
- uncalculated.
• casual (adjective)
- in-frequent,
- offhand,
- more serendipitous,
- in frequent,
- most serendipitous,
- un-premeditated,
- un premeditated,
- irregular.
• chance (adjective)
- more fortunate,
- unlooked for,
- at random.
• contingent (adjective)
- more probably,
- de-pendent,
- un-foreseeable,
- un foreseeable,
- un-predictable,
- un predictable,
- de pendent.
• fortuitous (adjective)
- most lucky dog,
- most lucky-dog,
- more lucky dog,
- more luckydog,
- more lucky-dog,
- flukest,
- most luckydog,
- luckydog,
- fluker,
- lucky dog.
• incalculable (adjective)
- in-numerable,
- in-calculable,
- in estimable,
- un reckonable,
- in finite,
- un-reckonable,
- un-told,
- un-fixed,
- in-finite,
- more zillion,
- in-estimable,
- iffy,
- most jillion,
- in calculable,
- in numerable,
- more unreckonable,
- most unreckonable,
- most fluctuant,
- no end to,
- more unfixed,
- un fixed,
- most zillion,
- more jillion,
- unreckonable,
- most unfixed,
- un told,
- more fluctuant,
- innumerable.
• incapable of being imagined (adjective)
- undreamed-of.
• incomputable (adjective)
- in-computable,
- in computable.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- undreamt of,
- surprising,
- undevised,
- no end of,
- controlled by,
- incalculable,
- unanticipated,
- without number,
- lucky-dog,
- undesigned,
- precipitant,
- eye-opening,
- incomputable,
- unintended,
- most probably,
- serendipitous,
- contingent,
- Unmeant,
- without warning,
- fortuitous,
- unintentional,
- undreamed of,
- sudden,
- luck out,
- off top of head,
- zillion,
- gone off half-cocked,
- unlooked-for,
- not bargained for,
- unfixed,
- luck in,
- casual,
- Fluctuant,
- undreamt-of,
- measureless,
- uncountable,
- unimagined,
- not in the cards.
• precipitous/precipitate (adjective)
- gone half-cocked,
- off hip,
- in discreet,
- Subitaneous,
- un controlled,
- harum scarum,
- illadvised,
- off the hip,
- off top head,
- gone off half cocked,
- most subitaneous,
- off the top head,
- head-long,
- gone off halfcocked,
- gone half cocked,
- most precipitate,
- gone halfcocked,
- head long,
- more subitaneous,
- un-controlled,
- jump gun,
- off the top of head,
- in-discreet,
- harumscarum.
• sudden (adjective)
- Subito,
- flasher.
• surprising (adjective)
- startling,
- astonishing,
- unexpected,
- extra ordinary,
- astounding,
- shocking.
• uncountable (adjective)
- un-countable,
- un countable.
• undevised (adjective)
- un-devised,
- un devised.
• undreamed-of (adjective)
- more unimagined,
- most undreamt of,
- most unimagined,
- in-conceivable,
- undreamedof,
- un-imagined,
- more undreamt-of,
- more undreamt of,
- un imagined,
- more undreamtof,
- most undreamt-of,
- undreamtof,
- in conceivable,
- most undreamtof.
• unexpected (adjective)
- more eye-opening,
- not the cards,
- most payback,
- eye opening,
- unlookedfor,
- more unlooked-for,
- most eyeopening,
- un expected,
- un-heralded,
- more payback,
- not in cards,
- un heralded,
- most eye-opening,
- more unlooked for,
- more eye opening,
- not cards,
- more eyeopening,
- more unlookedfor,
- most unlookedfor,
- most eye opening,
- most unlooked-for,
- un-expected,
- most unlooked for,
- eyeopening.
• unintended (adjective)
- un-intended,
- un intended.
• unintentional (adjective)
- un-intentional,
- un intentional.
• unintentional/unintended (adjective)
- un witting,
- un thought,
- un-thinking,
- in-voluntary,
- in voluntary,
- un-witting,
- un-thought,
- unthought,
- un-conscious,
- un conscious,
- more unthought,
- un thinking,
- most unthought.
• unmeant (adjective)
- un-meant,
- un meant.
adv.
• out of the blue (adverb)
- out blue,
- out the blue,
- out of blue.
adv
• Other relevant words: (adverb)
- not predicted,
- unprepared for.
n.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- chance,
- struck with amazement,
- surprise.
• surprise (noun)
- whammy,
- thunderbolts,
- curveball,
- epiphanies,
- eureka,
- Astoundment,
- eye-openers,
- bombshells,
- precipitousness,
- thunderbolt,
- eye-opener,
- bombshell.
Other synonyms:
- hardscrabble,
- acrimonious,
- uneasy,
- matter,
- high pressure,
- stormy,
- accidental.
- nasty.
- heavy.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- inadvertent,
- one-off,
- undetermined,
- brisk,
- incidental,
- electrifying,
- out-of-the-way,
- from left field,
- instantaneous,
- unhoped,
- Unguessed,
- queer,
- truncation,
- coincidental,
- undivined,
- strange,
- Unlooked,
- astonishment,
- curtness,
- hoarseness,
- unheralded,
- freak,
- remarkable,
- rare,
- huskiness,
- headlong,
- Uncontemplated,
- odd,
- unsought,
- hasty,
- precipitate,
- unwonted,
- exceptional,
- unusual,
- abnormal,
- lucky,
- unwitting,
- unparalleled,
- steepness,
- opportune,
- fatidic,
- amazement,
- chancy,
- anomalous,
- occasional,
- impulsive,
- dicey,
- unprepared,
- jolt,
- unhoped-for,
- Unware,
- haphazard,
- unplanned,
- swift,
- rash,
- alarm,
- immediate,
- atypical,
- unsuspected,
- impetuous,
- unpredicted,
- out of the blue,
- shortness,
- snappy,
- unadvertised,
- uncaused,
- suddenness,
- fatal,
- arbitrary,
- rapid,
- bizarre,
- extraordinary,
- unannounced,
- unpublicized,
- adventitious,
- unforeseeable,
- freaky,
- risky,
- improbable,
- surprisingness,
- weird,
- unpremeditated,
- aleatory,
- abruptness,
- unique,
- one shot,
- Purposed,
- abrupt,
- spontaneous,
- freakish,
- unexpectedness,
- speedy,
- admiration,
- secondary,
- fluky,
- precipitous,
- gruffness,
- precipitancy,
- indeterminate,
- random,
- houston,
- unpredictable,
- causeless,
- Destinal,
- unlucky,
- forced,
- brusqueness,
- fright.

How to use "Unforeseen" in context?

It's not always easy to foresee the future, but sometimes it's the only thing that can prevent something bad from happening. And that's what happened to Sarah and her family. Sarah's dad had just started a new job and was really excited about it. But the company he worked for was going through a lot of changes, and it turned out that the new boss was a disaster. He was always yelling at people, and it was doing a terrible job of = motivate them. Sarah's dad was constantly battling with the boss, and it was taking a lot out of him. Then, one day, the company went bankrupt.

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Equivalence
- Adjective
  unanticipated, unexpected, unintended, unplanned, unpredicted.
- Proper noun, singular
  unexpected, unintended, unplanned.
Independent
- Adjective
  adventitious, contingency, foreseeable, inadvertent, incalculable, invisible, unannounced, unintentional, unknown, unprecedented, unseen, unwanted, sudden-onset.
- Proper noun, singular
  contingency, Contingencies, incidents.
- Noun, singular or mass
  contingency, windfall.
Other Related
- Adjective
  sudden, unpredictable.

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