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    unintended
    /ˌʌnɪnˈtɛndɪd/

    adjective

    • 1. not planned or meant: "the unintended consequences of people's actions"

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  2. Unintended means not planned or intended, or happening by accident. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts and see synonyms and translations.

  3. Unintended means not planned as a purpose or goal, or not deliberate or intended. See synonyms, example sentences, word history, and related entries for unintended.

  4. Unintended means not intended, not planned for, or happening by accident. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts and see synonyms and translations.

  5. Unintended definition: not intended; unplanned. See examples of UNINTENDED used in a sentence.

  6. 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.

  7. Unintended means not planned or intended to happen, although they happened. Learn how to use this word in sentences with examples from The Guardian and other sources.

  8. 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