Meanings
comparative more unplanned · superlative most unplanned
- 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 - 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 - Not having any structure or organization.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivewithout apparent forethought or prompting or planning
adjectivenot done with purpose or intent
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishplanned
- Englishunplanned
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 意外的, 计划外的
- 意外的unintentional; not intended
- 计划外的unintentional; not intended
- 意外的not thought through in advance
- 偶然的not thought through in advance
Czech neplánovaný
- neplánovanýunintentional; not intended
Danish uplanlagt, ugennemtænkt
- uplanlagtunintentional; not intended
- ugennemtænktnot thought through in advance
- ustruktureretnot having structure or organization
Finnish tahaton, suunnittelematon
- tahatonunintentional; not intended
- suunnittelematonnot thought through in advance
- suunnittelematonnot having structure or organization
French non-planifié
- non-planifiéunintentional; not intended
Greek αρυμοτόμητος
- αρυμοτόμητος (arymotómitos)not having structure or organization
Hindi अनियोजित
- अनियोजित (aniyojit)not having structure or organization
Japanese 計画外の, 予定外の
- 計画外の (keikakugai no)unintentional; not intended
- 予定外の (yoteigai no)unintentional; not intended
Norwegian Bokmål uplanlagt
- uplanlagtunintentional; not intended
Polish niezaplanowany, nieplanowany
- niezaplanowanyunintentional; not intended
- nieplanowanynot thought through in advance
- niezaplanowanynot having structure or organization
Swedish oplanerad, oavsiktlig
- oplaneradunintentional; not intended
- oavsiktligunintentional; not intended
- oplaneradnot thought through in advance
- oplaneradnot having structure or organization
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with unplanned
Cite this entry
unplanned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unplanned
“unplanned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unplanned. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unplanned,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unplanned.
Source: unplanned on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.