What does unintentional mean?

Definitions for unintentional
ˌʌn ɪnˈtɛn ʃə nlun·in·ten·tion·al

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. unintentional, unwilledadjective

    without deliberate intent

    "my heart with unwilled love grew warm"- George Macdonald

  2. unintentional, unplanned, unwittingadjective

    not done with purpose or intent

    "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional"; "an unwitting mistake may be overlooked"

Wiktionary

  1. unintentionaladjective

    Not intended or deliberate; inadvertent; unwitting

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Unintentionaladjective

    Not designed; happening without design.

    Besides the unintentional deficiencies of my style, I have purposely transgressed the laws of oratory, in making my periods over-long Boyle.

Wikipedia

  1. Unintentional

    Unintentional is a 2021 Nigerian romantic drama film directed by Olufemi Bamigbetan, written by Zeina Otonjo, produced by Obinna Okerekeocha and Bola Atta as Executive Producer and stars Efa Iwara, Omowumi Dada and Beverly OsuUnintentional is the first feature film by United Bank for Africa's lifestyle and entertainment channel, REDTV (Online TV channel) and was released on YouTube on boxing day, December 26, 2021.

ChatGPT

  1. unintentional

    Unintentional refers to something that is not done on purpose or planned; it happens without conscious decision or premeditation. It can be an action, behavior, consequence, or result which occurs as an accident or oversight, lacking intent or deliberateness.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Unintentional

    un-in-ten′shun-al, adj. done or happening without intention or design, involuntary.—n. Unintentional′ity.—adv. Uninten′tionally.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unintentional in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unintentional in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of unintentional in a Sentence

  1. Chris Murphy:

    I really do worry that there is a quiet, unintentional message of endorsement that's sent when we do nothing or when all we do is talk, i think when there is not a collective condemnation with policy change from what is supposedly the world's greatest deliberative body that there are very quiet cues that are picked up by people who are contemplating the unthinkable in their mind.

  2. Kelly Nantel:

    While it is accurate that unintentional firearm deaths have reached an all-time low, National Safety Council Injury Facts data also show gun violence and intentional shootings, including suicides, claimed an additional 34,997 lives in 2015, a person’s lifetime odds of being fatally shot intentionally are 1 in 370, which is substantially higher than the odds of being accidentally shot (1 in 6,905.).

  3. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez:

    This basically involves a 3-year-old and a 4-year-old, the 3-year-old is the alleged shooter. It appears to be unintentional.

  4. Gwynne Shotwell:

    It was never intended to be weaponized, however, Ukrainians have leveraged it in ways that were unintentional and not part of any agreement.

  5. Cheryl Judy:

    Without me thinking I said, ‘Sure,’ and she didn’t post it to be mean or anything, she has apologized for it and she didn’t know that this is what would happen and she put it on Snapchat and then it just went everywhere. It exploded. It was unintentional on my part and her part.

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