Unannounced
adjective
Happening without any prior notice or warning.
The teacher made an unannounced test today, catching everyone by surprise.
Often appears as...
- unannounced visit
- unannounced test
adverb
Without being previously announced or informed about.
They showed up unannounced to the party, causing surprise among the guests.
Often appears as...
- arrive unannounced
- appear unannounced
adjective
Happening without any prior notice or warning.
The teacher made an unannounced test today, catching everyone by surprise.
Often appears as...
- unannounced visit
- unannounced test
adverb
Without being previously announced or informed about.
They showed up unannounced to the party, causing surprise among the guests.
Often appears as...
- arrive unannounced
- appear unannounced
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Not Scheduled
Unannounced events aren't planned openly, so they surprise people who are unprepared.
An unannounced fire drill caught all the students off guard.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Element
Often used by people in power, like bosses or inspectors, to check on things without prior notice.
The health inspector conducted an unannounced visit to the restaurant.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
The suddenness can evoke strong feelings, like anxiety or excitement.
Her unannounced return caused a wave of excitement in her hometown.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Scheduled
Unannounced events aren't planned openly, so they surprise people who are unprepared.
An unannounced fire drill caught all the students off guard.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Element
Often used by people in power, like bosses or inspectors, to check on things without prior notice.
The health inspector conducted an unannounced visit to the restaurant.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
The suddenness can evoke strong feelings, like anxiety or excitement.
Her unannounced return caused a wave of excitement in her hometown.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Scheduled
Unannounced events aren't planned openly, so they surprise people who are unprepared.
An unannounced fire drill caught all the students off guard.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Element
Often used by people in power, like bosses or inspectors, to check on things without prior notice.
The health inspector conducted an unannounced visit to the restaurant.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
The suddenness can evoke strong feelings, like anxiety or excitement.
Her unannounced return caused a wave of excitement in her hometown.
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The War of Worms PIPE...
yeah where's your buddy from me for me you're looking for worms right Jim's happy to see his son working for a hard-earned dollar but for Andy protecting his turf is everything and he doesn't like the idea of a newcomer showing up unannounced yeah I can dig
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Art + activism =...
to use the crowd control techniques with the audience of the museum it was an unannounced performance so people behaved freely and accordingly to their own social conditioning according to their own political memories and
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How does math guide our...
Briggs showed up unannounced at Napier's castle door and suggested that John switch the base and form of his logarithms into something much simpler. They both agreed that a base of 10 with the log of one equal to zero
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To transform child...
I want you to imagine that you are a Child Protective Services worker. And you have to respond to a report of child abuse. You walk into a home, unannounced, unexpected, certainly uninvited.
Video examples
The War of Worms PIPE...
yeah where's your buddy from me for me you're looking for worms right Jim's happy to see his son working for a hard-earned dollar but for Andy protecting his turf is everything and he doesn't like the idea of a newcomer showing up unannounced yeah I can dig
Video examples
Art + activism =...
to use the crowd control techniques with the audience of the museum it was an unannounced performance so people behaved freely and accordingly to their own social conditioning according to their own political memories and
Video examples
How does math guide our...
Briggs showed up unannounced at Napier's castle door and suggested that John switch the base and form of his logarithms into something much simpler. They both agreed that a base of 10 with the log of one equal to zero
Video examples
To transform child...
I want you to imagine that you are a Child Protective Services worker. And you have to respond to a report of child abuse. You walk into a home, unannounced, unexpected, certainly uninvited.
Example 1 of 4
Quote examples
Joan Didion
American Author
I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 A.M. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.
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Robert Winston
British Scientist
I did not study science at school until I was 13, when I was totally turned on by a seemingly dreary old teacher who suddenly, unannounced, manufactured a huge explosion in the middle of a totally boring monologue. From then on, all of his class wanted to make explosions.
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Rick Nielsen
American Musician
We tried to act trendy. We took one of our songs and tried to make a dance mix. They put it on the turntables, unannounced, in Los Angeles and New York the same weekend, where they had a big dance crowd going wild. It cleared the floor on both coasts.
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Joe Morton
American Actor
My father was in the service. His job was to integrate the Armed Forces overseas. So that meant we showed up at military bases in Okinawa or Germany, racially unannounced. That made me, in that particular society if you will, the outsider.
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Zephyr Teachout
American Lawyer
I propose a full day of live one-on-one debates on unannounced issues, with no aides to help or reply. Each candidate would be paired with another candidate for seven 60-minute sessions.
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Dick Durbin
American Politician
I've been out to Walter Reed on unannounced visits. I've seen these soldiers. I've met their families.
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Francois Englert
Belgian Physicist
I feel squeezed like a lemon - interviewers and people keep turning up unannounced at my office!
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George Will
Journalist
The future has a way of arriving unannounced.
Quote examples
Joan Didion
American Author
I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 A.M. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.
Quote examples
Robert Winston
British Scientist
I did not study science at school until I was 13, when I was totally turned on by a seemingly dreary old teacher who suddenly, unannounced, manufactured a huge explosion in the middle of a totally boring monologue. From then on, all of his class wanted to make explosions.
Quote examples
Rick Nielsen
American Musician
We tried to act trendy. We took one of our songs and tried to make a dance mix. They put it on the turntables, unannounced, in Los Angeles and New York the same weekend, where they had a big dance crowd going wild. It cleared the floor on both coasts.
Quote examples
Joe Morton
American Actor
My father was in the service. His job was to integrate the Armed Forces overseas. So that meant we showed up at military bases in Okinawa or Germany, racially unannounced. That made me, in that particular society if you will, the outsider.
Quote examples
Zephyr Teachout
American Lawyer
I propose a full day of live one-on-one debates on unannounced issues, with no aides to help or reply. Each candidate would be paired with another candidate for seven 60-minute sessions.
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Dick Durbin
American Politician
I've been out to Walter Reed on unannounced visits. I've seen these soldiers. I've met their families.
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Francois Englert
Belgian Physicist
I feel squeezed like a lemon - interviewers and people keep turning up unannounced at my office!
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George Will
Journalist
The future has a way of arriving unannounced.
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