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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

not planned or lacking intentional thought and motive;

e.g. His death was an unpremeditated case of self-defense.

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Similar Words

Accidental

Accidentally

Ad-lib

And

Casual

Chance

Contingent

Extemporaneous

Fluky

Fortuitous

Half-cocked

Impromptu

Inadvertent

Incidental

Intuitive

Nondeliberate

Nonpurposive

Off-the-cuff

Offhand

Reactive

Scattershot

Shotgun

Snap

Spur-of-the-moment

The

Unconsidered

Unforeseeable

Unintended

Unintentional

Unplanned

Unprepared

Unprompted

Unrehearsed

Unscripted

Unstudied

Unwitting

Visceral

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Opposite Words

Conscious

Deliberate

Fixed

Foreseeable

Freewill

Inevitable

Intended

Intentional

Predictable

Premeditated

Premeditative

Purposeful

Purposive

Self-inflicted

Set

Unforced

Unwilled

Voluntary

Volunteer

Willed

Willful

Witting

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Related Words

Aimless

Arbitrary

Automatic

Casual

Catch-as-catch-can

Coincidental

Cursive

Desultory

Erratic

Forced

Freak

Freewill

Half-baked

Half-cocked

Haphazard

Helter-skelter

Hit-or-miss

Ill-advised

Impulsive

Informal

Instinctive

Involuntary

Knee

Knee-jerk

Mechanic

Mechanical

Odd

Random

Self-imposed

Slapdash

Spontaneous

Stray

Unauthorized

Unconscious

Unexpected

Unforced

Unforeseeable

Unforeseen

Unintended

Unintentional

Unprompted

Unscripted

Unwilling

Voluntary

Volunteer

Will-less

Willing

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