NSW Opportunity Class

Learn “Unforeseen”

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Unforeseen

adjective/un-for-SEEN/

Meaning

Not expected or predicted before it happened.

In context

An unforeseen problem with the bus made us late for the excursion.

Remember it

Un- (not) + fore (before) + seen: not seen coming beforehand.

Use it well

Use for events nobody could predict; common with 'circumstances' or 'problems'.