unintentional

unintentional

adjective

Definition of UNINTENTIONAL

1

happening by chance <an unintentional encounter with an old classmate at the mall>

Synonyms casual, chance, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, unintended, unintentional, unplanned, unpremeditated, unwitting

Related Words coincidental; freak, odd; aimless, arbitrary, desultory, haphazard, random; uncertain, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen; coerced, forced, involuntary; unconscious, unprompted

Near Antonyms certain, destined, expected, fixed, foreordained, foreseeable, foreseen, inevitable, predestined, predetermined, predictable, preordained, prescribed, sure; conscious, freewill, knowing, unforced, voluntary, volunteer, willful (or wilful)

Antonyms calculated, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, premeditative, prepense, set

2

not made or done willingly or by choice <an unintentional insult that nevertheless was very hurtful>

Synonyms coerced, forced, unintended, unintentional, unwilling, will-less

Related Words accidental, unplanned, unpremeditated; automatic, impulsive, instinctive, spontaneous, unprompted; inadvertent, unconscious, unknowing, unwitting

Near Antonyms advised, conscious, considered, knowing, planned, premeditated, premeditative, prepense, purposeful; volitional; self-imposed, self-inflicted

Antonyms deliberate, freewill, intentional, uncoerced, unforced, voluntary, willful (or wilful), willing