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- Dictionaryunintended/ˌʌnɪnˈtɛndɪd/
adjective
- 1. not planned or meant: "the unintended consequences of people's actions"
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not intentional; happening unexpectedly or by accident: One unintended consequence of the Industrial Revolution was a rapid increase in air pollution. (Definition of unintended from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) unintended | Business English. adjective.
Jun 3, 2012 · : not planned as a purpose or goal : not deliberate or intended. an unintended consequence/effect. an unintended pregnancy. Synonyms. accidental. casual. chance. fluky. flukey. fortuitous. inadvertent. incidental. unintentional. unplanned. unpremeditated. unwitting. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of unintended in a Sentence.
If you do something without planning or meaning to do it, it's unintended. An unintended consequence of your fun day at the beach is your painful, peeling sunburn. To intend is to plan or aim to do something. When you don't intend to do something but it happens anyway, it's unintended.
Unintended definition: not intended; unplanned. See examples of UNINTENDED used in a sentence.
adjective. us / ˌʌn·ɪnˈten·dɪd / Add to word list. not intentional; happening unexpectedly or by accident: One unintended consequence of the Industrial Revolution was a rapid increase in air pollution. (Definition of unintended from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) unintended | Business English. adjective.
Define unintended. unintended synonyms, unintended pronunciation, unintended translation, English dictionary definition of unintended. adj. Not deliberate or intentional; unplanned: an unintended offense.
unintended. (ʌnɪntendɪd ) adjective. Unintended results were not planned to happen, although they happened. ...the unintended consequences of human action. ...unintended pregnancies. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency.
an unintended effect, result or meaning is one that you did not plan or intend to happen. In law you are considered responsible for the unintended consequences of your actions. The animosity which his remarks provoked was entirely unintended. an unintended insult
How to use . unintended in a sentenceHow many of these problems,” I ask, “are unintended consequences of lobbying reform laws?
adjective. Unintended results were not planned to happen, although they happened. ...the unintended consequences of human action. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency. unintended in British English. (ˌʌnɪnˈtɛndɪd ) adjective. not intended; unplanned. Collins English Dictionary.
