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as in accidental
happening by chance
backyard digging that resulted in unintended damage to buried phone wires
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as in spontaneous
not made or done willingly or by choice
a response that yielded an unintended insight into her personal character
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Recent Examples of unintended
But some of the sanctions may already be backfiring or, at least, are having unintended consequences.
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Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
To keep that legacy intact, the current one should carefully consider the unintended consequences of its actions.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
However, this focus on being agreeable can lead to unintended challenges.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
But directly applying this insight to human pregnancies may have unintended consequences, says Kim Botting, a physiologist at University College London, because reactive oxygen species also play a role in increasing blood flow to the fetal brain when oxygen levels are low.
—Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
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Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
To keep that legacy intact, the current one should carefully consider the unintended consequences of its actions.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
However, this focus on being agreeable can lead to unintended challenges.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
But directly applying this insight to human pregnancies may have unintended consequences, says Kim Botting, a physiologist at University College London, because reactive oxygen species also play a role in increasing blood flow to the fetal brain when oxygen levels are low.
—Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unintended
Adjective
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The coroner’s office ruled the deaths accidental due to blunt force trauma.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
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Which brings us back to Johnson, an accidental Speaker whose majority is on the cusp and his loyalty is at best marginal.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Women’s March was highly organized and concentrated, while the protests in June 2020 were largely spontaneous and spread out.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2025
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Few inspire spontaneous ovations in public places, like the one U.S. Rep. John Larson received last month at Bradley airport.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2025
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But Speaker Mike Johnson and others in the Republican Party appear unwilling to challenge the executive’s expanding use of trade authorities granted to it by Congress, even as the scope and complexity of these tariffs risk spiraling far beyond the federal government’s ability to execute on them.—
Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2025
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Even when Putin leaves Russia, many countries are unwilling to arrest him.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Training sessions should emphasize best practices for data security, helping employees recognize risks and avoid unintentional breaches.—
Pawel Rzeszucinski,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Each year, more than 400 Americans die from unintentional carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, more than 100,000 visit the emergency room and more than 14,000 are hospitalized, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Unintended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unintended. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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