How to Use unintended in a Sentence

unintended

adjective

• And one of the unintended effects has been the beginning of the end of the workplace filter.
  — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 21 Apr. 2022
• The unintended consequences of more than a decade of easy money are still lurking in the wings.
  — Alan Murray, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2023
• And that’s where bias and big legalese can cause unintended problems.
  — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2022
• None of this is cheap, and the risks of unintended consequences — and questions about whether these ideas even work — loom large.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024
• By the late 1990s, the painful unintended consequences of the war on drugs were becoming clear.
  — Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 6 Sep. 2021
• Even a small change to the process can have massive unintended consequences on the rest of the industry.
  — Julian Epp, The New Republic, 5 Nov. 2021
• Friends who arrived at my door teary-eyed forced the unintended response of me having to grieve with them on their timetable, rather than my own.
  — Alisyn Camerota, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
• But a chronic lack of sleep affects many body functions, and could lead to unintended weight gain.
  — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2024
• Of course, the unintended consequence was that bell ringers ended up in harm’s way.
  — The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2021
• But the death of 20-year-old Robert Odom, the unintended victim of a drive-by shooting that week, pushed tensions in the neighborhood to a boiling point.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2022
• That can cause a lot of unintended consequences and risks.
  — Byjohn Kell, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
• And, again, this is that whole rule of unintended consequences, right?
  — ABC News, 5 Sep. 2021
• Change is coming, and even changes made for the best of reasons have unintended consequences.
  — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2022
• The defect can cause damage over time that results in unintended movement in the cars while in park if the parking brake is not engaged.
  — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
• The world ships too much code, most of it by third parties, sometimes unintended, most of it uninspected.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2024
• But the change may have had an unintended consequence, as the aerosols were helping to reflect some sunlight away from Earth.
  — Hayley Smith Los Angeles Times (tns), al, 15 Aug. 2023
• The Chinese side regrets the unintended entry of the airship into US airspace due to force majeure.
  — Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics, 4 Feb. 2023
• There are no Cooper classics in the mix this time around, an unintended side effect of having Morton pick the songs.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2021
• Which is scary to know your movie can have an unintended consequence.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 14 Apr. 2022
• Eight months later he’s now accused of taking part in a shooting that took the life of an unintended target.
  — Alexa Ashwell, Baltimore Sun, 30 Nov. 2024
• It can be seen as a poster child for unintended consequences.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
• Policy that doesn’t will at best fall short of its goals, and at worst lead to dire, if unintended, consequences.
  — Fei-Fei Li, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2024
• This change is painful for those women who have unintended pregnancy, many will face a hard life.
  — Fox News, 25 June 2022
• Harley said the front brake lines may contact the fuel tank due to unintended bending of the brake lines during assembly.
  — Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2024
• But over time, the lack of boundaries and limits can have unintended consequences.
  — Christin Perry, Parents, 17 Aug. 2023
• All of this must be seen as a double-edged sword because of the potential for unintended outcomes.
  — Steve Brozak, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
• The pre-chorus and tag gave the chorus a subtle, and unintended, symmetry.
  — Tom Roland, Billboard, 26 July 2023
• But sometimes, our desire to do the right thing leads to unintended consequences.
  — Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2023
• Doing so can both clear the air and avoid unintended harmful consequences.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
• Once the law passes, the EFF will continue recommending encrypted services as a reliable means to protect user privacy, Daly said, but remains concerned about the unintended consequences of the law's vague encryption language.
  — ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2025