unpremeditated

Example Sentences

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“It was a clumsy attempt that seemed unpremeditated and it didn’t make sense.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024

If the judge determines that the evidence is not sufficient to warrant a charge of unpremeditated murder, Johnson could be prosecuted for the lesser offenses of involuntary manslaughter or negligent homicide.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2019

Mr Trump signed a full pardon of Mr Behenna, who has served five years for unpremeditated murder in a combat zone.

From BBC • May 7, 2019

It worked, but it seems to have been completely unpremeditated.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 16, 2015

It seemed as if somehow my questions, naive and unpremeditated though they were, had, nonetheless, provided him with some long-awaited opportunity to vent his pent-up frustrations and bitterness.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane