as in nondeliberate
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonpurposive
Adjective
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More often than not, however, the trickery is unintentional.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
8 May 2025 -
Her vast range of brushstrokes and marks, whether meticulous or unintentional, seems infinite and intrinsically intertwined.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Mother Nature is unpredictable, fickle, random at best.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Clean out the dust and refresh thermal paste: Older desktops tend to overheat, which can slow things down or cause random shutdowns.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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In lieu of federal regulation, there was a haphazard patchwork of state and local laws surrounding certain foods pre-1906.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
1 May 2025
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Others may be haphazard power grabs, or may amount to something more.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This failure for Trump may represent an inadvertent success for America.—
Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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Eklund is now recovering from the inadvertent cut during a tune-up game between Sweden and the Czech Republic on Saturday in advance of the IIHF World Championships, which begin later this week with Eklund’s hometown of Stockholm being a co-host.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
5 May 2025
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“Nonpurposive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonpurposive. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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