Dictionary

unplanned en · ADJ

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.

Meanings

1. Unintentional; not intended.
   • Juno MacGuff is the kind of teenager we all wish we could have been: quick-witted, frighteningly intelligent beyond her years and comfortable enough in her own skin to resist those incessant high-school pressures to conform, even as her body expands with an unplanned pregnancy. 2007 December 3, Christy Lemire, “Review: "Juno" A Small Comic Charmer”, in CBS News, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2025:
2. Spontaneous and not thought through in advance.
   • All of these factors increase the probability of stranding and the severity of the consequences. Since 2011, there have been several strandings that resulted in unplanned evacuations, because the passengers became desperate from personal discomfort or lack of confidence of being rescued. 2023 May 3, David Bradley, “Driver Only Operation should depend on passenger density”, in RAIL, number 982, page 62:
3. Not having any structure or organization.

Forms

Antonyms

planned

Deriveds

rapid unplanned disassembly · unplannedly · unplannedness

Relateds

unexpected · contingent · incidental

Synonyms

accidental

Translations (24)

cmn 意外的 (unintentional; not intended) · da ugennemtænkt (not thought through in advance) · sv oplanerad (unintentional; not intended) · fi suunnittelematon (not having structure or organization) · ja 計画外の (unintentional; not intended) · cmn 偶然的 (not thought through in advance) · sv oplanerad (not thought through in advance) · fr non-planifié (unintentional; not intended) · hi अनियोजित (not having structure or organization) · fi tahaton (unintentional; not intended) · cmn 计划外的 (unintentional; not intended) · el αρυμοτόμητος (not having structure or organization) · da ustruktureret (not having structure or organization) · pl niezaplanowany (not having structure or organization) · sv oplanerad (not having structure or organization) · cs neplánovaný (unintentional; not intended) · pl nieplanowany (not thought through in advance) · sv oavsiktlig (unintentional; not intended) · pl niezaplanowany (unintentional; not intended) · ja 予定外の (unintentional; not intended) · cmn 意外的 (not thought through in advance) · nb uplanlagt (unintentional; not intended) · da uplanlagt (unintentional; not intended) · fi suunnittelematon (not thought through in advance)