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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 unintentionally

This is unintentionally funny, though, because no one seems to have seen him walk in.

The Holy Grail of Comic Books Hid in Plain Site at New York Comic Con |Sujay Kumar |October 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But did he just unintentionally endorse mandatory vaccination?

D.C. Moron Phil Gingrey Spread Ebola Fever Over Immigrants |Kent Sepkowitz |July 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Her third child came so fast that the birth was unintentionally “unassisted.”

Natural Childbirth Is Not a Cult |Brandy Zadrozny |June 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
If Dostoevsky unintentionally laid the philosophical groundwork upon which Putin now stands, then Tolstoy offers the solution.

How Tolstoy Can Save Putin’s Soul |Andrew D. Kaufman |May 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

With wide-reaching nets, catches are unintentionally trapping and killing thousands of unwanted bait.

New Report Reveals U.S. Fisheries Killing Thousands of Protected and Endangered Species |Abby Haglage |March 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Selection may be followed either methodically and intentionally, or unconsciously and unintentionally.

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. |Charles Darwin
Owing to an omission in the report of my remarks you have unintentionally misrepresented me.

Lord Randolph Churchill |Winston Spencer Churchill
Frame and tang apparently square-sectioned, the former perhaps unintentionally constricted at one side.

Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology |Ivor Noel Hume
She was late to her meeting with Davidge––not unintentionally.

The Cup of Fury |Rupert Hughes
Shall I tell the real reason why I have unintentionally succeeded in fooling so many people?

The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

British Dictionary definitions for unintentionally

unintentional

/ (ˌʌnɪnˈtɛnʃənəl) /

adjective

not deliberate; accidental the killing had been unintentional

Derived forms of unintentional

unintentionally, adverb