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as in accidental
happening by chance
backyard digging that resulted in unintended damage to buried phone wires
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as in spontaneous
not made or done willingly or by choice
a response that yielded an unintended insight into her personal character
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Recent Examples of unintended
Industry group says the rule brought unintended consequences A lawsuit brought by the Home Care Association of America, which represents 4,300 home care agencies across the country, delayed but did not ultimately block implementation of the 2013 rule.
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Andrea Hsu, NPR, 29 Jan. 2026
Memory safety issues occur when software accesses or manipulates memory in an unintended way.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2026
But Raman said Measure ULA has resulted in unintended consequences that hampered the production of housing.
—Tom Bray, Daily News, 27 Jan. 2026
Furthermore, ramping up atmospheric water harvesting might bring a cascade of unintended consequences in local ecosystems, such as native wildlife feeling the pain of their homes drying out.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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Andrea Hsu, NPR, 29 Jan. 2026
Memory safety issues occur when software accesses or manipulates memory in an unintended way.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2026
But Raman said Measure ULA has resulted in unintended consequences that hampered the production of housing.
—Tom Bray, Daily News, 27 Jan. 2026
Furthermore, ramping up atmospheric water harvesting might bring a cascade of unintended consequences in local ecosystems, such as native wildlife feeling the pain of their homes drying out.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unintended
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Earle died in August 2020, during the peak of the pandemic, from an accidental overdose.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
4 Feb. 2026
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Racial categories in this country were not accidental.—
Rosalind Osgood,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
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With nowhere to go but up, writers and artists were engaged in collective, spontaneous creation.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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Apparently, to the extent possible, Newsom likes to be spontaneous.—
Maya Singer,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2026
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Tottenham also asked about RB Leipzig forward Yan Diomande, who has had an excellent debut season in the Bundesliga, but were met with a swift rejection, with the German club unwilling to entertain interest until the end of the season.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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The suspect abandoned the car and his unwilling passenger about two miles away in Maspeth a short time later, according to law enforcement.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2026
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In 2025, there were at least 232 unintentional shootings by children, resulting in 92 deaths and 147 injuries across the United States.—
Myron Rolle,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2026
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Investigators think the juvenile’s injuries were unintentional and sustained during the deaths, Becchina said.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Unintended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unintended. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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