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单词 unintended
释义

unintended

adjective

un·​in·​tend·​ed ˌən-in-ˈten-dəd How to pronounce unintended (audio)
: not planned as a purpose or goal : not deliberate or intended
an unintended consequence/effect
an unintended pregnancy

Synonyms

  • accidental
  • casual
  • chance
  • fluky
  • flukey
  • fortuitous
  • inadvertent
  • incidental
  • unintentional
  • unplanned
  • unpremeditated
  • unwitting
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But the economic impact of soaring energy bills would likely be worse than the unintended consequences of freezing them. Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022 Putin could also force Lukashenko to send Belarusian troops to fight in Ukraine, but that kind of decision could have unintended consequences. Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2022 The post did not reference Kiwi Farms directly, but Cloudflare said its decisions to stop providing support to 8chan in 2019, and to the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer in 2017, had unintended consequences. Donie O'sullivan And Richa Naik, CNN, 6 Sep. 2022 As Cade Metz wrote for the New York Times earlier this year, A.I. art tools may also have other unintended consequences, especially when bad actors get their hands on them. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2022 Moving forward, there are potential unintended consequences — including gender imbalance. Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Sep. 2022 There will be a lot of unintended, unforeseen, unanticipated consequences. Peter Nickeas, CNN, 27 Aug. 2022 The unintended consequences of an affordable housing law. Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022 However, while implementing some bold business exits, some firms have encountered competitive disadvantages arising from unintended consequences of both sanctions policies and voluntary exits. Steven Tian, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1649, in the meaning defined above

unintended

adjective

1
as in accidental
happening by chance backyard digging that resulted in unintended damage to buried phone wires

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • accidental
  • inadvertent
  • unexpected
  • unintentional
  • chance
  • unplanned
  • incidental
  • unwitting
  • fortuitous
  • unpremeditated
  • casual
  • flukey
  • odd
  • unforeseen
  • random
  • fluky
  • coincidental
  • arbitrary
  • unforeseeable
  • haphazard
  • aimless
  • freak
  • uncertain
  • involuntary
  • coerced
  • desultory
  • forced
  • unconscious
  • unprompted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • intended
  • deliberate
  • intentional
  • premeditated
  • inevitable
  • planned
  • calculated
  • predictable
  • foreseeable
  • certain
  • foreseen
  • destined
  • fixed
  • expected
  • set
  • sure
  • prescribed
  • predetermined
  • wilful
  • conscious
  • premeditative
  • prepense
  • voluntary
  • willful
  • unforced
  • preordained
  • predestined
  • foreordained
  • knowing
  • volunteer
  • freewill
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2
as in spontaneous
not made or done willingly or by choice a response that yielded an unintended insight into her personal character

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • accidental
  • spontaneous
  • unintentional
  • unwilling
  • coerced
  • forced
  • inadvertent
  • involuntary
  • unplanned
  • automatic
  • will-less
  • impulsive
  • instinctive
  • unpremeditated
  • unprompted
  • unwitting
  • unconscious
  • unknowing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • deliberate
  • intentional
  • wilful
  • voluntary
  • willful
  • unforced
  • purposeful
  • willing
  • conscious
  • premeditated
  • uncoerced
  • planned
  • knowing
  • considered
  • advised
  • volitional
  • freewill
  • premeditative
  • prepense
  • self-inflicted
  • self-imposed
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