How to Use unintended in a Sentence

unintended

adjective
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  • The unintended consequences of more than a decade of easy money are still lurking in the wings.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2023
  • None of this is cheap, and the risks of unintended consequences — and questions about whether these ideas even work — loom large.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Friends who arrived at my door teary-eyed forced the unintended response of me having to grieve with them on their timetable, rather than my own.
    — Alisyn Camerota, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
  • That can cause a lot of unintended consequences and risks.
    — Byjohn Kell, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Change is coming, and even changes made for the best of reasons have unintended consequences.
    — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The defect can cause damage over time that results in unintended movement in the cars while in park if the parking brake is not engaged.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The world ships too much code, most of it by third parties, sometimes unintended, most of it uninspected.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2024
  • But the change may have had an unintended consequence, as the aerosols were helping to reflect some sunlight away from Earth.
    — Hayley Smith Los Angeles Times (tns), al, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The Chinese side regrets the unintended entry of the airship into US airspace due to force majeure.
    — Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Policy that doesn’t will at best fall short of its goals, and at worst lead to dire, if unintended, consequences.
    — Fei-Fei Li, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2024
  • This change is painful for those women who have unintended pregnancy, many will face a hard life.
    — Fox News, 25 June 2022
  • Harley said the front brake lines may contact the fuel tank due to unintended bending of the brake lines during assembly.
    — Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2024
  • But over time, the lack of boundaries and limits can have unintended consequences.
    — Christin Perry, Parents, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The pre-chorus and tag gave the chorus a subtle, and unintended, symmetry.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 26 July 2023
  • But sometimes, our desire to do the right thing leads to unintended consequences.
    — Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Since the writers strike began on May 2, the unintended consequences of the ramp-up in series production during the past dozen years have been laid bare.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 11 July 2023
  • This arbitration is at the heart of many of the law’s unintended consequences.
    — T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 28 June 2024
  • This unintended turn of events would be pivotal to Mani’s later achievements and legacy.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023
  • This is one of the unintended consequences of the media and public’s fascination with the subject.
    — John Blake, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Overall, the danger is that the plan would result in unintended consequences.
    — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Count that among the unintended consequences of the still-early NIL marketplace.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 6 Aug. 2023
  • An unintended consequence was that one of the best trash-talking rivalries in sports lost some of its luster.
    — James Wagner, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
  • In which case, Twitter’s high water mark was an unintended consequence of years of stasis in the product.
    — Christopher Mims, WSJ, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Some of the changes were going to be entirely predictable, but the unintended consequences were still unknown.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Is there an unintended consequence of a constitutional amendment passed last week that wipes out all of the rules on bail bonds?
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 17 Nov. 2022
  • This year Rossignol removed the shiny varnish from the ski, which had both intended and unintended results.
    — Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2024
  • But The Washington Post reports that the city’s plan to raise millions to aid the neediest residents of the city has had unintended consequences.
    — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 3 July 2023
  • Various unintended consequences of the pitch clock have surfaced over the first week of the major league baseball season.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The unintended consequences — unintended, at least, by the voters — could be sweeping.
    — The Editors, National Review, 4 Nov. 2024
  • After all, who hasn't experienced that awkward moment—waving back at someone who wasn't actually waving at us, or mistaking a stranger for a friend and giving an unintended wave?
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024

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