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unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, out of the blue(p)

adj. not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue"

casual, chance(a)

adj. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"

coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous

adj. occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of coincident events"

accidental, inadvertent

adj. happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally ; "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting"

unreflective, unthinking, unthoughtful

adj. not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought

startling

adj. so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm; "Sydney's startling new Opera House"; "startling news"; "startling earthquake shocks"

forced

adj. made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing"

ironic

adj. characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is; "madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"; "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely"

unannounced, unheralded, unpredicted

adj. without warning or announcement; "they arrived unannounced"; "a totally unheralded telegram that his daughter...died last night"- M.A.D.Howe

unhoped, unhoped-for, unthought, unthought-of

adj. so unexpected as to have not been imagined; "an unhoped-for piece of luck"; "an unthought advantage"; "an unthought-of place to find the key"

upset(a)

adj. used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers"

unprovided for(p)

adj. not prepared or ready for

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