unintentional
adjective
un·in·ten·tion·al
ˌən-in-ˈten(t)-sh(ə-)nəl
: not done by intention or design : not intentional
an unintentional effect
causing unintentional harm/offense
unintentionally
adverb
an unintentionally offensive remark
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Those provisions are essential, the bill’s authors write due to large amounts of unintentional or unnecessary neural data likely collected through neurotechnology services.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 18 Apr. 2024
In early April, after seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen were killed by an Israeli strike—which Israel insists was unintentional—Biden threatened to apply conditions to U.S. military aid for the first time.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2024
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 18 Apr. 2024
In early April, after seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen were killed by an Israeli strike—which Israel insists was unintentional—Biden threatened to apply conditions to U.S. military aid for the first time.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2024
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“Unintentional.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unintentional. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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