adj
Meaning 1
Unintentional; not intended.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unplanned
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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rhymes with -ænd
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 N P L AE1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Spontaneous and not thought through in advance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Not having any structure or organization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
without apparent forethought or prompting or planning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an unplanned economy
- accepts an unplanned order
- an unplanned pregnancy
- unplanned remarks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: planned
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
not done with purpose or intent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an unintended slight
- an unintentional pun
- the offense was unintentional
- an unwitting mistake may be overlooked
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unintentional, unwitting
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English planned English unplanned From un- + planned.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 意外的 — unintentional; not intended
- Chinese Mandarin: 计划外的 — unintentional; not intended
- Czech: neplánovaný — unintentional; not intended
- Danish: uplanlagt — unintentional; not intended
- Finnish: tahaton — unintentional; not intended
- French: non-planifié — unintentional; not intended
- Japanese: 計画外の (keikakugai no) — unintentional; not intended
- Japanese: 予定外の (yoteigai no) — unintentional; not intended
- Norwegian Bokmål: uplanlagt — unintentional; not intended
- Polish: niezaplanowany — unintentional; not intended
- Swedish: oplanerad — unintentional; not intended
- Swedish: oavsiktlig — unintentional; not intended
- Chinese Mandarin: 意外的 — not thought through in advance
- Chinese Mandarin: 偶然的 — not thought through in advance
- Danish: ugennemtænkt — not thought through in advance
- Finnish: suunnittelematon — not thought through in advance
- Polish: nieplanowany — not thought through in advance
- Swedish: oplanerad — not thought through in advance
- Danish: ustruktureret — not having structure or organization
- Finnish: suunnittelematon — not having structure or organization
- Greek: αρυμοτόμητος (arymotómitos) — not having structure or organization
- Hindi: अनियोजित (aniyojit) — not having structure or organization
- Polish: niezaplanowany — not having structure or organization
- Swedish: oplanerad — not having structure or organization