Unplanned
adjective
Not planned, arranged, or thought of in advance.
Unfortunately, we took an unplanned detour during our road trip because of the road works.
Often appears as...
- unplanned pregnancy
- unplanned event
adjective
Happening without being planned or intended.
The fire drill was unplanned, so no one knew what to do at first.
Often appears as...
- unplanned fire drill
- unplanned announcement
adjective
Not planned, arranged, or thought of in advance.
Unfortunately, we took an unplanned detour during our road trip because of the road works.
Often appears as...
- unplanned pregnancy
- unplanned event
adjective
Happening without being planned or intended.
The fire drill was unplanned, so no one knew what to do at first.
Often appears as...
- unplanned fire drill
- unplanned announcement
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotionally Charged
Unplanned often implies stress or surprise as people might not be ready to handle it.
Their reactions to the unplanned news were a mix of shock and confusion.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Sensitive
The impact of 'unplanned' varies greatly with context—exciting in travels, worrying in finances.
We had an unplanned adventure when we discovered a hidden beach.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Implications
Unplanned often has a negative connotation, suggesting poor organization or problems.
The unplanned outage caused trouble for thousands of users.
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How I accidentally...
And unfortunately, most scripts aren't as easy to dismiss as that one. For example, a comedy about a high school senior, who, when faced with an unplanned pregnancy, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child. That's obviously "Juno." Two hundred and thirty million at the worldwide box office, four Oscar nominations, one win.
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How I built a jet suit PIPE...
Richard I'm probably more nervous about doing the demo after this. I've got a lot of things to get done today. Worst-case scenario, we don't get a clean start. Or we get an unplanned failure while I'm actually flying around. This is why we keep it very low, so the worst is I just look like an idiot and fall on my rear, as I said.
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Simpson-Wentz Pup PIPE Dog...
incredible willpower you have to bring the here as well be stubborn unplanned the difference here that the ears are relaxed when the breathing is changing so see the change right anyway for the change you want me to try to do that don't try to just do it and I help you you can try thing creates a different
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The shocking danger of...
of the scientists who believes populations are in danger? How much evidence is enough to be confident of our conclusions? Where is the line between scientific certainty and the need to act? The unplanned experiment that is happening right now is called mountaintop removal.
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Marco Annunziata:...
condition-based maintenance, which means fixing machines just before they break, without wasting time servicing them on a fixed schedule. And this, in turn, is pushing us towards zero unplanned downtime,
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Where good ideas come...
in the last day or last week, right? And that, I think, is a great case study, a great lesson in the power -- the marvelous, unplanned, emergent, unpredictable power -- of open innovative systems.
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How to take quick...
iterative software development different practices where you do and improve shoot a name on an ongoing basis and then suddenly I found myself in an airport experiencing an unplanned ready shoot
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The Hazards of High...
shelter unplanned nights out or not things that you want to do given the cold temperatures you could die there I don't want to say it but I feel like we should go down
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To detect diseases...
One day, they get a new neighbor, bacterial family Capulet. Everything is fine, as long as they're working together. But then something unplanned happens.
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The new urgency of...
to conducting an unplanned global experiment that could go wildly wrong, and most are really scared of that approach.
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How I accidentally...
And unfortunately, most scripts aren't as easy to dismiss as that one. For example, a comedy about a high school senior, who, when faced with an unplanned pregnancy, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child. That's obviously "Juno." Two hundred and thirty million at the worldwide box office, four Oscar nominations, one win.
Video examples
How I built a jet suit PIPE...
Richard I'm probably more nervous about doing the demo after this. I've got a lot of things to get done today. Worst-case scenario, we don't get a clean start. Or we get an unplanned failure while I'm actually flying around. This is why we keep it very low, so the worst is I just look like an idiot and fall on my rear, as I said.
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Simpson-Wentz Pup PIPE Dog...
incredible willpower you have to bring the here as well be stubborn unplanned the difference here that the ears are relaxed when the breathing is changing so see the change right anyway for the change you want me to try to do that don't try to just do it and I help you you can try thing creates a different
Video examples
The shocking danger of...
of the scientists who believes populations are in danger? How much evidence is enough to be confident of our conclusions? Where is the line between scientific certainty and the need to act? The unplanned experiment that is happening right now is called mountaintop removal.
Video examples
Marco Annunziata:...
condition-based maintenance, which means fixing machines just before they break, without wasting time servicing them on a fixed schedule. And this, in turn, is pushing us towards zero unplanned downtime,
Video examples
Where good ideas come...
in the last day or last week, right? And that, I think, is a great case study, a great lesson in the power -- the marvelous, unplanned, emergent, unpredictable power -- of open innovative systems.
Video examples
How to take quick...
iterative software development different practices where you do and improve shoot a name on an ongoing basis and then suddenly I found myself in an airport experiencing an unplanned ready shoot
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The Hazards of High...
shelter unplanned nights out or not things that you want to do given the cold temperatures you could die there I don't want to say it but I feel like we should go down
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To detect diseases...
One day, they get a new neighbor, bacterial family Capulet. Everything is fine, as long as they're working together. But then something unplanned happens.
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The new urgency of...
to conducting an unplanned global experiment that could go wildly wrong, and most are really scared of that approach.
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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
American Psychologist
My work with AIDS patients started right at the beginning of the epidemic, totally unplanned and spontaneous, as all my work had proceeded in the previous two decades, if it were not already my whole life-style! In the early eighties, we knew very little about this peculiar disease.
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Jeanne Shaheen
American Politician
We know that the way to decrease unplanned pregnancies and abortions is to make birth control and family planning services accessible and affordable, not micromanage the type of medical information and reproductive health counseling that women around the world receive.
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Charles Best
American Businessman
If you track your organization's creativity by the number of brainstorms on your calendar, you're missing out. It's more important to capture those unplanned sparks of inspiration that so often come when we're cooking dinner, taking a shower, or commuting to work.
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Derek Cianfrance
American Director
It's like you take these great actors and put them in an aquarium of life and just watch them swim. That's what makes editing tough because you get all these beautiful, unplanned moments.
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Dusty Hill
American Musician
Through the career, planned or unplanned - usually unplanned - we've taken different turns. And it's culminated in a worldwide following that's pretty substantial.
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Michelle Paver
British Novelist
I'm constantly being surprised and finding unplanned things - because the writing is a process of experiencing things on the ground with the characters.
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Ann McLane Kuster
American Politician
The truth is that contraception saves lives, prevents unplanned pregnancies, improves outcomes for children and reduces the number of abortions.
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Drew Barrymore
American Actress
When I was a kid, everything was so unplanned, my parents were so erratic, and my world was so inconsistent.
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Carl Sandburg
American Poet
Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
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Lawrence O'Donnell
American Journalist
I've lived a life of unplanned freelance employment.
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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
American Psychologist
My work with AIDS patients started right at the beginning of the epidemic, totally unplanned and spontaneous, as all my work had proceeded in the previous two decades, if it were not already my whole life-style! In the early eighties, we knew very little about this peculiar disease.
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Jeanne Shaheen
American Politician
We know that the way to decrease unplanned pregnancies and abortions is to make birth control and family planning services accessible and affordable, not micromanage the type of medical information and reproductive health counseling that women around the world receive.
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Charles Best
American Businessman
If you track your organization's creativity by the number of brainstorms on your calendar, you're missing out. It's more important to capture those unplanned sparks of inspiration that so often come when we're cooking dinner, taking a shower, or commuting to work.
Quote examples
Derek Cianfrance
American Director
It's like you take these great actors and put them in an aquarium of life and just watch them swim. That's what makes editing tough because you get all these beautiful, unplanned moments.
Quote examples
Dusty Hill
American Musician
Through the career, planned or unplanned - usually unplanned - we've taken different turns. And it's culminated in a worldwide following that's pretty substantial.
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Michelle Paver
British Novelist
I'm constantly being surprised and finding unplanned things - because the writing is a process of experiencing things on the ground with the characters.
Quote examples
Ann McLane Kuster
American Politician
The truth is that contraception saves lives, prevents unplanned pregnancies, improves outcomes for children and reduces the number of abortions.
Quote examples
Drew Barrymore
American Actress
When I was a kid, everything was so unplanned, my parents were so erratic, and my world was so inconsistent.
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Carl Sandburg
American Poet
Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
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Lawrence O'Donnell
American Journalist
I've lived a life of unplanned freelance employment.
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