How to Use unintended in a Sentence

unintended

adjective
  • And one of the unintended effects has been the beginning of the end of the workplace filter.
    Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The unintended consequences of more than a decade of easy money are still lurking in the wings.
    Alan Murray, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2023
  • None of this is cheap, and the risks of unintended consequences — and questions about whether these ideas even work — loom large.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Friends who arrived at my door teary-eyed forced the unintended response of me having to grieve with them on their timetable, rather than my own.
    Alisyn Camerota, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
  • But the death of 20-year-old Robert Odom, the unintended victim of a drive-by shooting that week, pushed tensions in the neighborhood to a boiling point.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2022
  • That can cause a lot of unintended consequences and risks.
    Byjohn Kell, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Change is coming, and even changes made for the best of reasons have unintended consequences.
    Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The defect can cause damage over time that results in unintended movement in the cars while in park if the parking brake is not engaged.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The world ships too much code, most of it by third parties, sometimes unintended, most of it uninspected.
    IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2024
  • But the change may have had an unintended consequence, as the aerosols were helping to reflect some sunlight away from Earth.
    Hayley Smith Los Angeles Times (tns), al, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The Chinese side regrets the unintended entry of the airship into US airspace due to force majeure.
    Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Which is scary to know your movie can have an unintended consequence.
    Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 14 Apr. 2022
  • It can be seen as a poster child for unintended consequences.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Policy that doesn’t will at best fall short of its goals, and at worst lead to dire, if unintended, consequences.
    Fei-Fei Li, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2024
  • This change is painful for those women who have unintended pregnancy, many will face a hard life.
    Fox News, 25 June 2022
  • Harley said the front brake lines may contact the fuel tank due to unintended bending of the brake lines during assembly.
    Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2024
  • But over time, the lack of boundaries and limits can have unintended consequences.
    Christin Perry, Parents, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The pre-chorus and tag gave the chorus a subtle, and unintended, symmetry.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 26 July 2023
  • But sometimes, our desire to do the right thing leads to unintended consequences.
    Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Since the writers strike began on May 2, the unintended consequences of the ramp-up in series production during the past dozen years have been laid bare.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 11 July 2023
  • This arbitration is at the heart of many of the law’s unintended consequences.
    T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 28 June 2024
  • This unintended turn of events would be pivotal to Mani’s later achievements and legacy.
    Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023
  • This is one of the unintended consequences of the media and public’s fascination with the subject.
    John Blake, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Overall, the danger is that the plan would result in unintended consequences.
    Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Count that among the unintended consequences of the still-early NIL marketplace.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 6 Aug. 2023
  • An unintended consequence was that one of the best trash-talking rivalries in sports lost some of its luster.
    James Wagner, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
  • In which case, Twitter’s high water mark was an unintended consequence of years of stasis in the product.
    Christopher Mims, WSJ, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Some of the changes were going to be entirely predictable, but the unintended consequences were still unknown.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
  • These symptoms may include fatigue, unintended weight loss, anemia, and jaundice.
    Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Saban suggested that the concept could result in some unintended consequences.
    Chantz Martin, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024

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