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View synonyms for unintentional

unintentional

[ uhn-in-ten-shuh-nl ]

adjective

  1. not intentional or deliberate:

    an unintentional omission from the list.

    Synonyms: inadvertent, accidental

    Antonyms: planned, intentional



unintentional

/ ˌʌnɪnˈtɛnʃənəl /

adjective

  1. not deliberate; accidental

    the killing had been unintentional



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Derived Forms

  • ˌuninˈtentionally, adverb

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Other Words From

  • un·in·ten·tion·al·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of unintentional1

First recorded in 1775–85; un- 1 + intentional

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Example Sentences

Witnesses also make unintentional errors sometimes based on what they have heard from others.

If nothing else, it is should provide a lot of unintentional hilarity.

Tvert says there are always cases of people using alcohol and other substances and suffering from unintentional injuries.

He laughs at the unintentional contradiction of that statement.

Weiner could have the series end on an “ambiguous note” for audiences, even though it may be unintentional.

If I have been in fault, God knows that I have erred through ignorance, that it was wholly unintentional on my part.

One day, on Ludgate hill, a porter passing him was nearly pushed off the pavement by an unintentional motion of the doctor.

Slowly, and with an unintentional solemnity, she went up to it and laid a hand upon it.

The display, intentional or unintentional, of this article of feminine attire sufficed to arouse in me sexual feelings.

We gather ideas about them everywhere, and in the most unexpected and unintentional places.

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