unforeseen

adj
/ˌʌnfɔːˈsiːn/UK/ˌʌnfɔɹˈsin/CA/ˌɐnfoːˈsiːn/

Etymology

From un- + foreseen.

Definitions

  1. Not foreseen.

    • unforeseen catastrophe
    • unforeseen consequences
    • unforeseen failure
  2. Not expected.

  3. An event, incident, cost, etc. that was not foreseen.

    • Unfortunately, many of the unforeseens are created by the client.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at unforeseen. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at unforeseen. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at unforeseen

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA