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undesigned

[ uhn-di-zahynd ]

/ ˌʌn dɪˈzaɪnd /

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adjective

not planned beforehand; unpremeditated; unintentional.

Origin of undesigned

First recorded in 1645–55; un-¹ + designed

OTHER WORDS FROM undesigned

un·de·sign·ed·ly

[uhn-di-zahy-nid-lee] /ˌʌn dɪˈzaɪ nɪd li/, adverb

Words nearby undesigned

underwrote, undescended, undescended testicle, undescended testis, undeserved, undesigned, undesigning, undesirable, undesirable discharge, undetected, undetermined

Example sentences from the Web for undesigned

Weigh all its defects, designed and undesigned, and is not Edinburgh yet a noble city?

Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) |John Wilson
The undesigned coincidence of diaries kept by two Edinburgh citizens is fairly good evidence.

The Mystery of Mary Stuart |Andrew Lang
The difficulty, equally and utterly insuperable in both cases, is to understand how the difference can have been undesigned.

Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics |William Thomas Thornton
Sir Hugh cordially begged his pardon, and asked him to take a seat at the breakfast table, to soften the undesigned offence.

Camilla |Fanny Burney

I let the sentence stand, however, as an example of undesigned coincidence.

Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7) |Geoffrey Chaucer

British Dictionary definitions for undesigned

undesigned

/ (ˌʌndɪˈzaɪnd) /

adjective

(of an action) unintentional

not yet designed