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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

occurring unexpectedly or abruptly;

e.g. Her sudden departure from the school left all her friends puzzled.

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Similar Words

Abbreviated

Abridged

Abrupt

Cutback

Hit-and-miss

Horseback

Interrupted

Nondeliberate

Nonpurposive

Reactive

Unadvised

Unanticipated

Uncalculated

Unexpected

Unforeseen

Unlooked-for

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Opposite Words

Advised

Aforethought

Anticipated

Calculated

Conscious

Considered

Decrescent

Deliberate

Far

Gradual

Great

Incremental

Intended

Intentional

Lengthy

Long

Long-lived

Long-term

Marathon

Measured

Opportune

Piecemeal

Premeditated

Premeditative

Prepense

Purposeful

Purposive

Seasonable

Set

Studied

Thoughtful

Timely

Unsurprising

Voluntary

Willed

Willful

Witting

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Related Words

Aperiodic

Automatic

Bout

Brief

Casual

Catchy

Competition

Cursory

Discontinuous

Drive-by

Early

Episodic

Erratic

Fast

Fitful

Flying

Gadarene

Hasty

Headlong

Helter-skelter

Hurried

Improbable

Inopportune

Instinctive

Intermittent

Involuntary

Irregular

Knee

Knee-jerk

Mechanic

Mechanical

Occasional

Pell-mell

Pellmell

Precipitate

Precipitous

Precocious

Premature

Rash

Short

Spasmodic

Spastic

Spontaneous

Sporadic

Sporadically

Spotty

Startling

Surprising

Unintended

Unlikely

Unplanned

Unseasonable

Unsteady

Untimely

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