"unintended" meaning in English

See unintended in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌʌn.ɪnˈtɛn.dɪd/
Rhymes: -ɛndɪd Etymology: un- + intended Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|intended}} un- + intended Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} unintended (not comparable)
  1. Not intended; unplanned Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: incidental, unintentional, accidental Derived forms: law of unintended consequences, unintended consequence Translations (not intended; unplanned): ненаўмысны (njenaŭmysny) (Belarusian), незапланаваны (njezaplanavany) (Belarusian), 无意的 (Chinese Mandarin), 无心的 (Chinese Mandarin), nezamýšlený (Czech), tahaton (Finnish), involontaire (French), implanejado (Portuguese), involuntario (Spanish), no deseado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-unintended-en-adj-dVZyYH21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

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  "etymology_text": "un- + intended",
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        {
          "word": "law of unintended consequences"
        },
        {
          "word": "unintended consequence"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006 May, Ceci Connolly, quoting Sarah Brown, “Unintended Pregnancy Linked to State Funding Cuts”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 2008-07-24",
          "text": "The most powerful and least divisive way to decrease abortion is to reduce unintended pregnancy.",
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        }
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        "Not intended; unplanned"
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          "word": "incidental"
        },
        {
          "word": "unintentional"
        },
        {
          "word": "accidental"
        }
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      "tags": [
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        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "njenaŭmysny",
          "sense": "not intended; unplanned",
          "word": "ненаўмысны"
        },
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "njezaplanavany",
          "sense": "not intended; unplanned",
          "word": "незапланаваны"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "not intended; unplanned",
          "word": "无意的"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "not intended; unplanned",
          "word": "无心的"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "not intended; unplanned",
          "word": "nezamýšlený"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not intended; unplanned",
          "word": "tahaton"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not intended; unplanned",
          "word": "involontaire"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not intended; unplanned",
          "word": "implanejado"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not intended; unplanned",
          "word": "involuntario"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not intended; unplanned",
          "word": "no deseado"
        }
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˌʌn.ɪnˈtɛn.dɪd/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɛndɪd"
    }
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  "word": "unintended"
}
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      "word": "intended"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "law of unintended consequences"
    },
    {
      "word": "unintended consequence"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "un- + intended",
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        {
          "ref": "2006 May, Ceci Connolly, quoting Sarah Brown, “Unintended Pregnancy Linked to State Funding Cuts”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 2008-07-24",
          "text": "The most powerful and least divisive way to decrease abortion is to reduce unintended pregnancy.",
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      ],
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        "Not intended; unplanned"
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    },
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    }
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      "word": "incidental"
    },
    {
      "word": "unintentional"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njenaŭmysny",
      "sense": "not intended; unplanned",
      "word": "ненаўмысны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njezaplanavany",
      "sense": "not intended; unplanned",
      "word": "незапланаваны"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not intended; unplanned",
      "word": "无意的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not intended; unplanned",
      "word": "无心的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not intended; unplanned",
      "word": "nezamýšlený"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not intended; unplanned",
      "word": "tahaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not intended; unplanned",
      "word": "involontaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not intended; unplanned",
      "word": "implanejado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not intended; unplanned",
      "word": "involuntario"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not intended; unplanned",
      "word": "no deseado"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unintended"
}

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