NONDELIBERATE Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

nondeliberate

adjective

Definition of nondeliberate

as in nonpurposive

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Adjective

Those reactions can look like freak weather, but the judgment underneath them isn’t random.

— ESMT Berlin, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
In partnership with research firm ETC Institute, the city also mailed surveys to a random sample of at least 500 households across Elgin.

— Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of random

Adjective

Arday has previously denied any deliberate wrongdoing, describing mistakes in his academic work as unintentional and arguing that much of the criticism amounts to an ideologically and racially motivated campaign against him.

— Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Manslaughter is, generally, an unlawful killing that was unintentional.

— Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of unintentional

Adjective

After Fever guard Sophie Cunningham expressed her opinion that transgender girls don’t belong in youth sports, the W has once again become an inadvertent political prop in a larger conversation.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
While taxpayers would still need to report their foreign financial accounts, combining two separate filing systems into one would eliminate a source of confusion that has resulted in many inadvertent filing failures.

— Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of inadvertent

Adjective

The underlying logic is that these elements of the bachelor’s degree, which are not intrinsic to a student’s area of study or necessary for their professional preparedness, are incidental to the overall value of the degree.

— Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
In 2023, my cat was diagnosed with abdominal cancer, completely incidental on exam.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 29 July 2026

Definition of incidental

Adjective

And then there is Kerkering, an unwitting symbol for all of this.

— Matt Gelb, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
One focuses on Ted as a teenage prodigy attending Harvard in the 1950s who becomes the unwitting victim of abusive experiments by his psychology professor, Henry Murray (Russell Crowe).

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 29 July 2026

Definition of unwitting

Adjective

In the path of totality, a low, milky sky may hide the corona, but that also makes the darkness feel heavier and more sudden.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The former employee said that there are informal support groups among alumni, more for navigating a flood of financial advisors and figuring out what to do with sudden wealth than for organizing trades.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026

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