unforeseen

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ foreseen.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌʌnfɔːˈsiːn/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌʌnfɔɹˈsin/

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌɐnfoːˈsiːn/, /ˌanfɔːˈsiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Adjective

unforeseen (not comparable)

1. Not foreseen.
2. Not expected.

Translations

not foreseen

• Bulgarian: непредви́ден (bg) (nepredvíden)
• Catalan: imprevist
• Czech: nepředvídaný m
• Danish: uforudset
• Dutch: onvoorzien (nl)
• Finnish: ennennäkemätön
• French: imprévu (fr)
• German: unvorhergesehen (de)
• Greek: απρόβλεπτος (el) (apróvleptos), απρόοπτος (el) (apróoptos)
• Hungarian: előre nem látott
• Italian: improvviso (it), imprevisto (it)
• Latin: imprōvīsus
• Malayalam: ആകസ്മികം (ml) (ākasmikaṁ)
• Maori: whakaohorere
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uforutsett

• Old English: unfōrescēawod
• Polish: nieprzewidziany (pl)
• Portuguese: imprevisto (pt)
• Russian: непредусмо́тренный (ru) (nepredusmótrennyj), непредви́денный (ru) (nepredvídennyj)
• Spanish: imprevisto (es)
• Swedish: oförutsedd (sv)
• Ukrainian: непередба́чений (neperedbáčenyj)

not expected

• Bulgarian: неочакван (bg) (neočakvan)
• Catalan: imprevist, inesperat
• Czech: nepředvídaný m
• Dutch: onverwacht (nl)
• Finnish: odottamaton (fi)
• French: inattendu (fr) m
• German: unvorhergesehen (de), unerwartet (de)
• Greek: απρόσμενος (el) (aprósmenos), απρόοπτος (el) (apróoptos)
• Hungarian: váratlan (hu)
• Italian: improvviso (it), inatteso (it), inaspettato (it)
• Latin: imprōvīsus
• Malayalam: അപ്രതീക്ഷിതം (ml) (apratīkṣitaṁ)
• Maori: matawhawhati
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uforutsett

• Polish: nieprzewidziany (pl), niespodziewany (pl)
• Russian: непредви́денный (ru) (nepredvídennyj)
• Spanish: imprevisto (es), inesperado (es)
• Swedish: oförutsedd (sv), oväntad (sv)

Noun

unforeseen (plural unforeseens)

1. An event, incident, cost, etc. that was not foreseen.
   • 1997, Gerry Souter, Buying and Selling Multimedia Services, page 25:

     Unfortunately, many of the unforeseens are created by the client.