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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
Under the law of unintended consequences, a movement that started with good intentions to protect transgender students has been used to shortchange women and girls.
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Debra J. Saunders, Orange County Register, 26 Feb. 2025
Maintaining the country's forests takes an army of Forest Service workers, but recent job cuts have reduced the number of its soldiers, which some say could lead to unintended consequences.
—Ian Lee, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2025
The researchers included 467 participants, ages 18 to 74, who agreed to the month-long study aimed at testing the theory that constant connection to everything, all the time, has unintended consequences.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 24 Feb. 2025
Worse, tariffs can disrupt American supply chains, leading to unintended consequences.
—Christopher S. Tang, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2025
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Debra J. Saunders, Orange County Register, 26 Feb. 2025
Maintaining the country's forests takes an army of Forest Service workers, but recent job cuts have reduced the number of its soldiers, which some say could lead to unintended consequences.
—Ian Lee, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2025
The researchers included 467 participants, ages 18 to 74, who agreed to the month-long study aimed at testing the theory that constant connection to everything, all the time, has unintended consequences.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 24 Feb. 2025
Worse, tariffs can disrupt American supply chains, leading to unintended consequences.
—Christopher S. Tang, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unintended
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Cena later handed that watch over to Scott, who entered the fray and started unwinding on Rhodes; wrestling fans on social media are debating whether Scott made actual (and accidental) contact with the bloodied Rhodes, who seemed to genuinely wince after Scott’s punches.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 2025
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Mummification is the intentional or accidental preservation of a body after death.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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Creates opportunities for mentorship and career development through spontaneous interactions.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Those days of spontaneous travel and memorable experiences don't have to be over.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Among the 15 people who work at Duffy’s is Russell’s long-time business partner Jim Fab, who still toils in the kitchen making soups and sauces and whatever else needs done, long past retirement age but unwilling to stop working.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Trump Administration appears unwilling to let Europe leverage its noisy but dilatory contributions to the Ukraine war into a seat at the negotiating table.—
The Wall Street Journal,
Twin Cities,
28 Feb. 2025
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Every year in the US, there are approximately 35,000 ER visits due to unintentional medication overdoses among children under 5 years old.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2025
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Being aware of the potential for unintentional data leakage.—
Vinay Goel,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Unintended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unintended. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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