How to Use unanticipated in a Sentence

unanticipated

adjective
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  • The new policy has had some unanticipated side effects.
  • But this unanticipated assistance comes at the cost of the fetch rover.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 5 Apr. 2023
  • While the initial shock of the attack has worn off, an unanticipated grief remains that even time can’t seem to shake.
    — Rachel Scott, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Many of the acts moved the audience in unanticipated ways.
    — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2022
  • Due to unanticipated road closures the auto-car couldn’t make it to her and her order would have to be canceled.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
  • My hopes are that the money was spent and that this was just an unanticipated event and maybe these bridges need to be rebuilt in their entirety.
    — Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2023
  • And holes in the uppers can alter the way the shoe fits your foot, leading to unanticipated problems over time, Dr. Conenello says.
    — Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Through it all, the city has taken the run of curiosities in stride and in some ways embraced the unanticipated attention.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Making matters worse, the crew had expected the fire to hit the grove the following day, but strong winds and unanticipated growth changed the forecast.
    — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Sep. 2021
  • It’s the children who push this book forward in unanticipated ways.
    — Jennifer Egan, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022
  • But Love also is well aware that desperate times can lead to the unanticipated.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2023
  • In its five years of activism, P.A.I.N. has made immense and unanticipated strides.
    — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2022
  • This is a daunting and often unanticipated issue and any fixes may take weeks to show.
    — Iman Bashir, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The network that presents the games has been forced to pivot, and the addition of Michael Phelps to its broadcast team turned into a master stroke for unanticipated reasons.
    — David Bauder, ajc, 31 July 2021
  • Already the planet has thrown a few unanticipated challenges into the rover’s first Earth year on the Martian surface.
    — Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The pair agree that Platt’s proposal proved more unanticipated than Galvin’s.
    — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 16 July 2023
  • In the Age of the Inconceivable, when huge and unanticipated events like the pandemic have become the norm, any outlook may change quickly.
    — Reid Hoffman, WSJ, 20 May 2022
  • There are few actors who can better convey the awkwardness, the messiness and the unanticipated joy of being alive.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 14 June 2023
  • Bloom is willing to make unanticipated moves and fill round holes with square pegs; witness the surprising trade-deadline move for Kyle Schwarber.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The strange circumstances under which the games are held may place unanticipated pressure on some athletes.
    — Maddie Bender, Scientific American, 27 July 2021
  • One of those unanticipated costs in Tolland was a jump from $1 million to $9 million for the price of temporary, portable classrooms to be used while the school was being built.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Don’t be among those who miss this unanticipated hazard.
    — Chris Carosa, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
  • But first, a little upfront prep ensures that your countertops and backsplash don’t get an unanticipated paint job of their own.
    — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 22 July 2022
  • The two-year project was billed as a way to relieve stress on soils that have compressed beneath the building, contributing to its unwelcome and unanticipated sinking.
    — J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The unanticipated and devastating fall of France in May and June 1940 stunned America.
    — Ronald C. Rosbottom, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2021
  • To Frisch, his unanticipated support points to a portion of Republicans tired of Boebert's Trump-like style.
    — Jesse Bedayn, ajc, 18 Nov. 2022
  • That has led to perhaps the most unanticipated grouping to ever meet in the national semifinals.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Such unanticipated genetic changes can cut both ways, of course.
    — New York Times, 20 July 2021
  • Dates are subject to change due to weather or unanticipated delays.
    — Post-Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2021
  • That will yield an initial sense of whether the building, when viewed in a modern lens, had some unanticipated or critical design flaw that contributed to putting it close to failure.
    — Robin Lloyd, Scientific American, 30 June 2021

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