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unintended

in·tend·ed
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [in-ten-did]
    • /ɪnˈtɛn dɪd/
    • /ˌʌn.ɪnˈten.dɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-ten-did]
    • /ɪnˈtɛn dɪd/

Definitions of unintended word

  • adjective unintended purposed; designed; intentional: an intended snub. 1
  • adjective unintended prospective: one's intended wife. 1
  • noun unintended Informal. the person one plans to marry; one's fiancé or fiancée. 1
  • adjective unintended not deliberate 1
  • adjective unintended Unintended results were not planned to happen, although they happened. 0
  • adjective unintended not intended; unplanned 0

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Origin of unintended

First appearance:

before 1570
One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80; intend + -ed2

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Parts of speech for Unintended

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

unintended popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

unintended usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for unintended

adj unintended

  • accidental — An accidental event happens by chance or as the result of an accident, and is not deliberately intended.
  • aleatory — dependent on chance
  • brutish — If you describe a person or their behaviour as brutish, you think that they are brutal and uncivilised.
  • inadvertent — unintentional: an inadvertent insult.
  • involuntary — not voluntary; independent of one's will; not by one's own choice: an involuntary listener; involuntary servitude.

adjective unintended

  • casual — If you are casual, you are, or you pretend to be, relaxed and not very concerned about what is happening or what you are doing.
  • chance — If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
  • inconversant — Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.
  • indirect — not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
  • innocent — free from moral wrong; without sin; pure: innocent children.

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