Meaning

Not foreseen..

Definitions by Sense

1. Not foreseen.
2. Not expected.
3. An event, incident, cost, etc. that was not foreseen.

Example Sentences

unforeseen catastrophe

unforeseen consequences

unforeseen failure

In this connection it will not be overstressed that, so far as the vision accorded the prophets of the Old Testament is concerned, there was in the program for Israel, as predicted, no separation between the two advents. But for the Church intercalation—which was wholly unforeseen and is wholly unrelated to any divine purpose which precedes it or which follows it—Israel would be expected to pass directly from the crucifixion to her kingdom; for it was not the death of Christ and His resurrection which demanded the postponement, but rather an unforeseen age.

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

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• unforeseens

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