unintended
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Definition of unintended
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unintended
Synonyms
accidental, casual, chance, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, unintentional, unplanned, unpremeditated, unwitting
Antonyms
calculated, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, premeditative, prepense, set
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However, an unintended consequence of this more lenient policy is that some individuals will take it as a signal that they will not be held accountable for bad behaviors. — Robert Cherry, National Review, "The Hate-Crime Spike in New York City Has Nothing to Do with White Supremacy," 9 Sep. 2019 At the same time, Apple Pay has had at least one unintended consequence. — Ahiza Garcia, CNN, "Apple exec: 'We're watching cryptocurrency'," 5 Sep. 2019 In Markovits’s telling, the rise of the meritocracy is a story of unintended consequences. — Sarah Leonard, The New Republic, "The Fall of the Meritocracy," 5 Sep. 2019 Too many were too impressed with their own intelligence to consider the unintended consequences of their policies. — The Economist, "When economists ruled the world," 31 Aug. 2019 That had the unintended consequence of killing luna moths as well as other native moths. — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, "The impressive luna moth and preparing for a bio-diverse yard," 22 Aug. 2019 Business owners have often complained that the ordinance didn’t get a proper vetting before its approval, which meant unintended consequences slipped through. — Dylan Mcguinness, ExpressNews.com, "Paid sick leave debate has real-life consequences for San Antonio workers and businesses," 14 Aug. 2019 Recent presidents have all telegraphed their peace plans and broadcast each purported step toward progress, with the unintended... — Jonathan Schanzer And, WSJ, "Trump’s Subtlety Could Yield Middle East Peace," 13 Mar. 2019 Worse, a tax cut could have unintended effects by signaling to workers that the economy is weakening. — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, "Why Trump's payroll tax cut wouldn't do much for the economy," 20 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unintended.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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unintended
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