Unintentional

  • 1unintentional — I adjective accidental, adventitious, casual, chance, fortuitous, inadvertent, insciens, involuntary, purposeless, spontaneous, uncalculated, unconscious, undeliberate, undesigned, unexpected, unforeseen, unintended, unknowing, unmeant,… …

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  • 2unintentional — 1782, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) “not” + INTENTIONAL (Cf. intentional). Related: Unintentionally (1769) …

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  • 3unintentional — / unintended [adj] not planned accidental, aimless, casual, chance, erratic, extemporaneous, fortuitous, haphazard, inadvertent, involuntary, purposeless, random, unconscious, undesigned, undevised, unexpected, unforeseen, unintended, unplanned,… …

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  • 4unintentional — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not done on purpose. DERIVATIVES unintentionally adverb …

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  • 5unintentional — [un΄inten′shə nəl] adj. not done on purpose unintentionally adv …

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  • 6unintentional — [[t]ʌ̱nɪnte̱nʃən(ə)l[/t]] ADJ Something that is unintentional is not done deliberately, but happens by accident. Perhaps he had slightly misled them, but it was quite unintentional... There are moments of unintentional humour. Syn: inadvertent… …

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  • 7unintentional — unintentionally, adv. /un in ten sheuh nl/, adj. not intentional or deliberate: an unintentional omission from the list. [1775 85; UN 1 + INTENTIONAL] Syn. accidental, unplanned, inadvertent. * * * …

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  • 8unintentional — adj. Unintentional is used with these nouns: ↑humour …

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  • 9unintentional — un|in|ten|tion|al [ˌʌnınˈtenʃənəl] adj not done deliberately ▪ I know she upset you, but I m sure it was unintentional. >unintentionally adv …

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  • 10unintentional — un|in|ten|tion|al [ ,ʌnın tenʃənəl ] adjective not deliberate or planned: The play has moments of unintentional comedy. ╾ un|in|ten|tion|al|ly adverb: She is often unintentionally rude …

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