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unintentionally

adverb

as in inadvertently

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Recent Examples of unintentionally Misgendering means using incorrect pronouns or other gendered language for someone, intentionally or unintentionally. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 After internet access was made available unintentionally, the model hacked into multiple real firms. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 19 Sep. 2026 The big players, caught unawares, unintentionally ghosting smaller fish hoping to pitch them. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026 Bell stars as heretic priest John Ball, while Garfield portrays a character called Ploughman, a grieving farmer who unintentionally finds himself in a leadership position. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026 Nearly two decades later, Stone was unintentionally back in the middle of a PETA fashion story. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026 Jimothy’s popularity has — perhaps unintentionally — raised public awareness of the importance of accepting people with illness or disability. — Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026 Otto, the executive director of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center and a University of Pennsylvania professor, said that although search and rescue dogs are not trained as therapy dogs, that unintentionally became part of their role at ground zero. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026 But manoomin has been disappearing throughout Wisconsin because of disease exacerbated by climate change and reckless boaters and lakeside property owners who destroy the crop, either intentionally or unintentionally. — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unintentionally
  1. inadvertently
  2. accidentally
  3. unwittingly
  4. unconsciously
  5. fortuitously
  6. carelessly
  7. arbitrarily
  8. casually
Adverb
  • The World Health Organization defines a fall as an event in which a person inadvertently comes to rest on the ground, floor, or another lower level, so a same-level slip or trip may also qualify.
    — Matthew Kayser, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
  • By acquitting Fisher, the council members had inadvertently exonerated Metze.
    — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of inadvertently
Adverb
  • The dagger fourth goal was an own-goal by Zorhan Bassong, who accidentally headed the ball into his own net.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Customers accidentally wandered in, thinking the restaurant was already open.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of accidentally
Adverb
  • Everyone had a tiny role to play, but unwittingly and based on incomplete information.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Geisinger isn’t the only hospital where young patients have unwittingly been exposed.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of unwittingly
Adverb
  • There’s also evidence that some mimicry happens unconsciously.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Perhaps the actions of England’s peasantry made such a formative impression on young Greengrass that he was unconsciously drawn to other stories with a similar thematic undercurrent.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of unconsciously
Adverb
  • And, fortuitously for would-be sponsors, something happened in tennis that made these arrangements even more appealing.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The earnings announcement was fortuitously timed, coming just as reports were surfacing of high-level OpenAI employees joining the company.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of fortuitously
Adverb
  • Jasson Domínguez, still a liability on defense, carelessly let a leadoff single bounce past him and roll to the wall in right for a two-base error, but Cole managed to strand the runner at third and logged a scoreless frame.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Omar Alderete, O’Nien’s second-half replacement, carelessly did the same thing for the late winner.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of carelessly
Adverb
  • Louisiana, however, has argued that government regulators acted arbitrarily without proper consideration of health risks.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The king arbitrarily gives up his power and divides his kingdom among his children.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of arbitrarily
Adverb
  • And then Ed Sheeran (played by Annabel Marlow) casually walks in to weigh in on the situation.
    — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Still, the current team does have a rare shot at shaping an orchestra that is not only reliably exciting and frequently profound but also casually bold and genuinely fun — making for a crucial presence in the city as well as at Geffen Hall.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of casually

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“Unintentionally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unintentionally. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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