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.

Nearby words

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

Origin of unintentional

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

SYNONYMS FOR unintentional

accidental, unplanned, inadvertent.

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Related forms

un·in·ten·tion·al·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for unintentional

If nothing else, it is should provide a lot of unintentional hilarity.
Palin TV Will Be Comedy Central|Dean Obeidallah|July 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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.
And The Escort of The Year Is… Backstage at The Sex Oscars|Scott Bixby|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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.
11 News Anchor Flubs: Tom Brokaw on Ambien, Weather Penis, and More|Alec Kubas-Meyer|December 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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; accidentalthe killing had been unintentional

Derived Forms

unintentionally, adverb

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