"unforeseen" meaning in English

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Adjective

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Etymology: un- + foreseen Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|foreseen}} un- + foreseen Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} unforeseen (not comparable)
  1. Not foreseen. Tags: not-comparable Translations (not foreseen): непредви́ден (nepredvíden) (Bulgarian), imprevist (Catalan), nepředvídaný [masculine] (Czech), uforudset (Danish), onvoorzien (Dutch), ennennäkemätön (Finnish), imprévu (French), unvorhergesehen (German), απρόβλεπτος (apróvleptos) (Greek), απρόοπτος (apróoptos) (Greek), előre nem látott (Hungarian), improvviso (Italian), imprevisto (Italian), imprōvīsus (Latin), ആകസ്മികം (ākasmikaṁ) (Malayalam), whakaohorere (Maori), uforutsett (Norwegian Bokmål), unfōrescēawod (Old English), nieprzewidziany (Polish), imprevisto (Portuguese), непредусмо́тренный (nepredusmótrennyj) (Russian), непредви́денный (nepredvídennyj) (Russian), imprevisto (Spanish), oförutsedd (Swedish), непередба́чений (neperedbáčenyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-unforeseen-en-adj-UunwkB-A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 42 20 Disambiguation of 'not foreseen': 66 34
  2. Not expected. Tags: not-comparable Translations (not expected): неочакван (neočakvan) (Bulgarian), imprevist (Catalan), inesperat (Catalan), nepředvídaný [masculine] (Czech), onverwacht (Dutch), odottamaton (Finnish), inattendu [masculine] (French), unvorhergesehen (German), unerwartet (German), απρόσμενος (aprósmenos) (Greek), απρόοπτος (apróoptos) (Greek), váratlan (Hungarian), improvviso (Italian), inatteso (Italian), inaspettato (Italian), imprōvīsus (Latin), അപ്രതീക്ഷിതം (apratīkṣitaṁ) (Malayalam), matawhawhati (Maori), uforutsett (Norwegian Bokmål), nieprzewidziany (Polish), niespodziewany (Polish), непредви́денный (nepredvídennyj) (Russian), imprevisto (Spanish), inesperado (Spanish), oförutsedd (Swedish), oväntad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-unforeseen-en-adj-C4IrvW-a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 42 20 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 35 45 21 Disambiguation of 'not expected': 17 83

Noun

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Etymology: un- + foreseen Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|foreseen}} un- + foreseen Head templates: {{en-noun}} unforeseen (plural unforeseens)
  1. An event, incident, cost, etc. that was not foreseen.
    Sense id: en-unforeseen-en-noun-HZfjQQl2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 42 20

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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not foreseen",
      "word": "imprevisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not foreseen",
      "word": "oförutsedd"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "neperedbáčenyj",
      "sense": "not foreseen",
      "word": "непередба́чений"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neočakvan",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "неочакван"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "imprevist"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "inesperat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nepředvídaný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "onverwacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "odottamaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inattendu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "unvorhergesehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "unerwartet"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aprósmenos",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "απρόσμενος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apróoptos",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "απρόοπτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "váratlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "improvviso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "inatteso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "inaspettato"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "imprōvīsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "apratīkṣitaṁ",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "അപ്രതീക്ഷിതം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "matawhawhati"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "uforutsett"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "nieprzewidziany"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "niespodziewany"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepredvídennyj",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "непредви́денный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "imprevisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "inesperado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "oförutsedd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not expected",
      "word": "oväntad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unforeseen"
}

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    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with un-",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "un",
        "3": "foreseen"
      },
      "expansion": "un- + foreseen",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "un- + foreseen",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "unforeseens",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "unforeseen (plural unforeseens)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Gerry Souter, Buying and Selling Multimedia Services, page 25",
          "text": "Unfortunately, many of the unforeseens are created by the client.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An event, incident, cost, etc. that was not foreseen."
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-unforeseen.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ea/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-unforeseen.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-unforeseen.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ea/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-unforeseen.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-unforeseen.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unforeseen"
}

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