Standard Lemma guide

unpremeditated

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Performed, but not planned or thought out in advance; extemporaneous, but not unintentional.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nonpremeditated

Antonyms: premeditated

2

adjective

Meaning 2

not premeditated

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: premeditated

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

not prepared or planned in advance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • asked an unpremeditated question

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + premeditated.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: непредумишлен (nepredumišlen) — performed, but not planned or thought out in advance; extemporaneous, but not unintentional
  • Finnish: suunnittelematon — performed, but not planned or thought out in advance; extemporaneous, but not unintentional
  • Finnish: harkitsematon — performed, but not planned or thought out in advance; extemporaneous, but not unintentional
  • Latin: extemporālis — performed, but not planned or thought out in advance; extemporaneous, but not unintentional
  • Polish: nierozmyślny — performed, but not planned or thought out in advance; extemporaneous, but not unintentional
  • Polish: nieumyślny — performed, but not planned or thought out in advance; extemporaneous, but not unintentional
  • Russian: непредумы́шленный (nepredumýšlennyj) — performed, but not planned or thought out in advance; extemporaneous, but not unintentional
  • Russian: непреднаме́ренный (neprednamérennyj) — performed, but not planned or thought out in advance; extemporaneous, but not unintentional
  • Spanish: impremeditado — performed, but not planned or thought out in advance; extemporaneous, but not unintentional