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unintentional

[ uhn-in-ten-shuh-nl ]

/ ˌʌn ɪnˈtɛn ʃə nl /

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adjective

not intentional or deliberate: an unintentional omission from the list.

Origin of unintentional

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

SYNONYMS FOR unintentional

accidental, unplanned, inadvertent.

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OTHER WORDS FROM unintentional

un·in·ten·tion·al·ly, adverb

Words nearby unintentional

uninsured, unintellectual, unintelligent, unintelligible, unintended, unintentional, uninterest, uninterested, uninteresting, uninterrupted, uninterrupted suture

Example sentences from the Web for unintentional

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

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

Denver Teen Fell From a Balcony After Eating a Marijuana Cookie, but Don’t Blame the Drug |Valerie Vande Panne |April 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He laughs at the unintentional contradiction of that statement.

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

7 Things to Know About the Final Season of ‘Mad Men’ |Marina Watts |March 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Either it was unintentional or she is the smoothest trickster ever, because she never reacts to it.

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A gentle noise, so gentle that the spectator almost deems it unintentional, is now heard.

Vivian Grey |Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
I was the unintentional cause of making a quarrel between her and the nun of Chelles.

The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete |Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
This discrepancy is not, like many other Bible discrepancies, an unintentional error.

The Christ |John Eleazer Remsburg
If any such omission occurs, it is unintentional and will be supplied as soon as discovered.

A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and Pamphlets of a Library [Dewey Decimal Classification] |Melvil Dewey
He began rather to like Millbank; we will not say because Millbank was the unintentional cause of his pleasurable sensations.

Coningsby |Benjamin Disraeli

British Dictionary definitions for unintentional

unintentional

/ (ˌʌnɪnˈtɛnʃənəl) /

adjective

not deliberate; accidental the killing had been unintentional

Derived forms of unintentional

unintentionally, adverb