unintentional
adjective
un·in·ten·tion·al
ˌən-in-ˈten(t)-sh(ə-)nəl
: not done by intention or design : not intentional
an unintentional effect
causing unintentional harm/offense
unintentionally
adverb
an unintentionally offensive remark
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Those provisions are essential, the bill’s authors write due to large amounts of unintentional or unnecessary neural data likely collected through neurotechnology services.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 18 Apr. 2024
In early April, after seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen were killed by an Israeli strike—which Israel insists was unintentional—Biden threatened to apply conditions to U.S. military aid for the first time.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2024
Israel said the deaths were unintentional, but Biden was outraged.
—Tia Goldenberg, arkansasonline.com, 11 Apr. 2024
So that was an example of things just being this kind of playful, chaotic energy taking place through both the intentional interfaces for experimentation, creativity, and the unintentional ones, like the bugs that became features.
—Nilay Patel, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2024
Would new laws help? Deaths or injuries of Indianapolis children in unintentional shootings due to loaded, unsecured firearms hit record levels last year compared with previous years.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Feb. 2024
That isn’t spelling danger just yet for hybrids’ unintentional parents.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
Israeli officials have said the strike was unintentional and a mistake.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
The country’s soccer federation, which is responsible for the design, said Monday any similarity to the logo created by the design’s numbering was unintentional.
—Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 18 Apr. 2024
In early April, after seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen were killed by an Israeli strike—which Israel insists was unintentional—Biden threatened to apply conditions to U.S. military aid for the first time.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2024
Israel said the deaths were unintentional, but Biden was outraged.
—Tia Goldenberg, arkansasonline.com, 11 Apr. 2024
So that was an example of things just being this kind of playful, chaotic energy taking place through both the intentional interfaces for experimentation, creativity, and the unintentional ones, like the bugs that became features.
—Nilay Patel, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2024
Would new laws help? Deaths or injuries of Indianapolis children in unintentional shootings due to loaded, unsecured firearms hit record levels last year compared with previous years.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Feb. 2024
That isn’t spelling danger just yet for hybrids’ unintentional parents.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
Israeli officials have said the strike was unintentional and a mistake.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
The country’s soccer federation, which is responsible for the design, said Monday any similarity to the logo created by the design’s numbering was unintentional.
—Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Unintentional.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unintentional. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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