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unintentional

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of unintentional

1 happening by chance

  • an unintentional encounter with an old classmate at the mall
Synonyms of unintentional

accidental, casual, chance, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, unintended, unplanned, unpremeditated, unwitting
Words Related to unintentional

coincidental

freak, odd

aimless, arbitrary, desultory, haphazard, random

uncertain, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen

coerced, forced, involuntary

unconscious, unprompted
Near Antonyms of unintentional

certain, destined, expected, fixed, foreordained, foreseeable, foreseen, inevitable, predestined, predetermined, predictable, preordained, prescribed, sure

conscious, freewill, knowing, unforced, voluntary, volunteer, willful (or wilful)
Antonyms of unintentional

calculated, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, premeditative, prepense, set

2 not made or done willingly or by choice

  • an unintentional insult that nevertheless was very hurtful
Synonyms of unintentional

coerced, forced, involuntary, unintended, unwilling, will-less
Words Related to unintentional

accidental, unplanned, unpremeditated

automatic, impulsive, instinctive, spontaneous, unprompted

inadvertent, unconscious, unknowing, unwitting
Near Antonyms of unintentional

advised, conscious, considered, knowing, planned, premeditated, premeditative, prepense, purposeful

volitional

self-imposed, self-inflicted
Antonyms of unintentional

deliberate, freewill, intentional, uncoerced, unforced, voluntary, willful (or wilful), willing

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