Unplanned — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

without apparent forethought or prompting or planning

not done with purpose or intent

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ʌnplˈænd/

🇬🇧British English

/ʌnplˈand/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ʌnplˈand/

3 syllables Say it as /ʌnplˈænd/.

Examples

an unplanned economy
accepts an unplanned order
an unplanned pregnancy

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

unwitting unintentional

Antonyms

planned

Parts of Speech

adjective	without apparent forethought or prompting or planning “an unplanned economy”
adjective	not done with purpose or intent “an unintended slight”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

ungeplant

ohne offensichtliche Voraussicht oder Aufforderung oder Planung

🇫🇷French

imprévu

sans prévoyance, incitation ou planification apparente

🇪🇸Spanish

no planificado

sin aparente previsión, indicación o planificación

🇮🇹Italian

non pianificato

senza apparente premeditazione, sollecitazione o pianificazione

🇳🇱Dutch

ongepland

zonder duidelijke voorbedachtheid, aansporing of planning

🇵🇹Portuguese

não planejado

sem aparente premeditação, estímulo ou planejamento

🇷🇺Russian

незапланированный

без явной предусмотрительности, подсказки или планирования

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अनियोजित

बिना स्पष्ट पूर्वविचार या संकेत या योजना के

🇧🇩Bengali

অপরিকল্পিত

আপাত পূর্বচিন্তা বা প্রম্পটিং বা পরিকল্পনা ছাড়াই

🇮🇳Tamil

திட்டமிடப்படாத

வெளிப்படையான முன்னறிவிப்பு அல்லது தூண்டுதல் அல்லது திட்டமிடல் இல்லாமல்

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్రణాళిక లేని

స్పష్టమైన ముందస్తు ఆలోచన లేదా ప్రాంప్టింగ్ లేదా ప్రణాళిక లేకుండా

🇮🇳Marathi

अनियोजित

स्पष्ट पूर्वविचार किंवा सूचना किंवा नियोजन न करता

🇮🇳Gujarati

બિનઆયોજિત

દેખીતી અગમચેતી વિના અથવા પ્રોમ્પ્ટીંગ અથવા આયોજન વિના

🇮🇳Kannada

ಯೋಜಿತವಲ್ಲದ

ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾದ ಮುಂದಾಲೋಚನೆ ಅಥವಾ ಪ್ರೇರಣೆ ಅಥವಾ ಯೋಜನೆ ಇಲ್ಲದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ആസൂത്രണം ചെയ്യാത്തത്

വ്യക്തമായ മുന്നൊരുക്കമോ പ്രേരണയോ ആസൂത്രണമോ ഇല്ലാതെ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗੈਰ ਯੋਜਨਾਬੱਧ

ਸਪੱਸ਼ਟ ਪੂਰਵ-ਵਿਚਾਰ ਜਾਂ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਣਾ ਜਾਂ ਯੋਜਨਾਬੰਦੀ ਤੋਂ ਬਿਨਾਂ

🇵🇰Urdu

غیر منصوبہ بند

بظاہر پیشن گوئی یا اشارہ یا منصوبہ بندی کے بغیر

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

计划外的

没有明显的深思熟虑、提示或计划

🇯🇵Japanese

計画外の

明らかな事前の検討や促しや計画なしに

🇰🇷Korean

계획되지 않은

명백한 사전 고려나 촉구 또는 계획 없이

🇻🇳Vietnamese

không có kế hoạch

không có sự suy tính trước, nhắc nhở hoặc lập kế hoạch rõ ràng

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่ได้วางแผน

โดยปราศจากการไตร่ตรองหรือกระตุ้นหรือวางแผนที่ชัดเจน

🇮🇩Indonesian

tidak direncanakan

tanpa pemikiran atau dorongan atau perencanaan yang jelas

🇵🇭Filipino

hindi planado

nang walang maliwanag na pag-iisip o pag-udyok o pagpaplano

🇲🇾Malay

tidak dirancang

tanpa pemikiran yang jelas atau dorongan atau perancangan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غير مخطط له

دون تفكير واضح أو حث أو تخطيط

🇮🇷Persian

بدون برنامه ریزی

بدون پیش‌اندیشی یا تشویق یا برنامه‌ریزی آشکار

🇹🇷Turkish

planlanmamış

belirgin bir öngörü, teşvik veya planlama olmaksızın

🇮🇱Hebrew

לא מתוכנן

ללא מחשבה מוקדמת, הנחיה או תכנון לכאורה

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The primary meaning of 'unplanned' is 'without apparent forethought or prompting or planning'.

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