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as in accidental
happening by chance
backyard digging that resulted in unintended damage to buried phone wires
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as in spontaneous
not made or done willingly or by choice
a response that yielded an unintended insight into her personal character
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Recent Examples of unintended
As with any significant change, unintended consequences have surfaced.
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Nolan Kohorst, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2025
The 12 best thriller movies on Hulu As for her unintended co-stars, the real people who ended up on camera due to the team's shooting style, the filmmakers combined practical and digital tricks to avoid legal hurdles.
—Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Asimov’s complex stories showed that even robots that tried to follow the rules often discovered the unintended consequences of their actions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Jan. 2025
Uniting Disciplines Fragmentation within modern construction trades creates conditions for costly unintended consequences, given the complexity of today’s buildings, which can comprise millions of components.
—Francesco Iorio, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Nolan Kohorst, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2025
The 12 best thriller movies on Hulu As for her unintended co-stars, the real people who ended up on camera due to the team's shooting style, the filmmakers combined practical and digital tricks to avoid legal hurdles.
—Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Asimov’s complex stories showed that even robots that tried to follow the rules often discovered the unintended consequences of their actions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Jan. 2025
Uniting Disciplines Fragmentation within modern construction trades creates conditions for costly unintended consequences, given the complexity of today’s buildings, which can comprise millions of components.
—Francesco Iorio, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unintended
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And while their first born, Luna takes after her cheeky mom (see her accidental recreation of Teigen's famous meme face), the other three — Miles, 6, Esti, 19 months and Wren, 14 months — are Legend's miniature twins.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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Key Background Musk has yet to elaborate on the gesture made Monday, though defenders such as the Anti-Defamation League have chalked up the action to being accidental or awkward as opposed to an intentional Nazi salute.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Read More: These Are the Best Ways to Improve Your Memory In addition, bus drivers, aircraft pilots, and ship captains—the jobs with less spontaneous decision-making—had Alzheimer’s death rates typical of the rest of the population.—
Christopher M. Worsham,
TIME,
14 Jan. 2025
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My creative process is instinctive and spontaneous.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Many players are unwilling to move, and a combination of a compressed timeline and acute needs can lead to overpaying.—
James McNicholas,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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ByteDance is said to be unwilling to part ways with its powerful proprietary algorithms.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN,
22 Jan. 2025
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Inadequate detection mechanisms could result in unintentional exposure, leading to regulatory non-compliance or reputational damage.—
Mandar Khoje,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The former officer, , is currently serving a 22-and-a-half-year state sentence for second-degree unintentional murder, alongside a concurrent 21-year federal sentence for violating Floyd's civil rights.—
Jesus Mesa,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Unintended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unintended. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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