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Webster 1828 Edition


Unforeseen

UNFORESEE'N

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Adj.
Not foreseen; not foreknown.

Definition 2024


unforeseen

unforeseen

English

Adjective

unforeseen (not comparable)

  1. Not foreseen.
  2. Not expected.

Translations

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.