Synonyms of unintended

unintended

adjective

ˌən-in-ˈten-dəd 

1

as in accidental

happening by chance

backyard digging that resulted in unintended damage to buried phone wires

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accidental
• unexpected
• inadvertent
• chance
• unintentional
• incidental
• unplanned
• unwitting
• fortuitous
• casual
• unpremeditated
• flukey
• odd
• random
• fluky
• unforeseen
• arbitrary
• coincidental
• haphazard
• unforeseeable
• aimless
• freak
• uncertain
• desultory
• involuntary
• unconscious
• forced
• unprompted
• coerced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• intended
• intentional
• deliberate
• premeditated
• planned
• inevitable
• calculated
• predictable
• certain
• foreseeable
• foreseen
• destined
• fixed
• expected
• set
• sure
• prescribed
• predetermined
• premeditative
• conscious
• wilful
• prepense
• voluntary
• willful
• preordained
• unforced
• predestined
• knowing
• foreordained
• volunteer
• freewill

2

as in spontaneous

not made or done willingly or by choice

a response that yielded an unintended insight into her personal character

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accidental
• spontaneous
• unwilling
• unintentional
• forced
• coerced
• involuntary
• automatic
• inadvertent
• unplanned
• will-less
• impulsive
• instinctive
• unpremeditated
• unconscious
• unwitting
• unprompted
• unknowing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• intentional
• deliberate
• wilful
• voluntary
• willing
• willful
• unforced
• conscious
• purposeful
• uncoerced
• planned
• premeditated
• knowing
• considered
• advised
• volitional
• freewill
• premeditative
• prepense
• self-inflicted
• self-imposed

Examples of unintended in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There, the unintended consequences are ignored – pitcher arm health seems to be accepted due to data, but whether that data really is enough to say with certainty won’t be known for years. —Maury Brown, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024

Fortunately, Congress is taking notice of the unintended consequences of the AIA and working to rebalance the scales. —Chuck Hong, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2024

The researchers are mindful of the possibility of unintended consequences in terraforming another world for humankind’s benefit. —Reuters, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024

As with many tech advancements, companies often have one idea of how their tools can and should be used, but users come up with a whole host of other potential applications, often with unintended consequences. —Clare Duffy, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024