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The synonyms of “Unintended” are: heedless, thoughtless, unmindful, careless, injudicious, ill-advised, ill-considered, imprudent, unwise, foolish, silly, stupid, reckless, rash, precipitate, negligent, neglectful, remiss
Unintended as an Adjective
Definitions of "Unintended" as an adjective
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “unintended” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
- Not deliberate.
- Not planned or meant.
Synonyms of "Unintended" as an adjective (18 Words)
careless | Not giving sufficient attention or thought to avoiding harm or errors. Careless about her clothes. |
foolish | Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise. A foolish decision. |
heedless | Marked by or paying little heed or attention–Franklin D. Roosevelt. The heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes. |
ill-advised | Without careful prior deliberation or counsel. |
ill-considered | Not given careful consideration. |
imprudent | Not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash. An imprudent remark. |
injudicious | Lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion; unwise. The result of an injudicious decision. |
neglectful | Not showing due care or attention. You are being neglectful of our guests. |
negligent | Characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern. The council had been negligent in its supervision of the children in care. |
precipitate | Occurring suddenly or abruptly. Wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king. |
rash | Imprudently incurring risk- George Meredith. Do something rash that he will forever repent. |
reckless | Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences. Became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans. |
remiss | Lacking care or attention to duty; negligent. Remiss of you not to pay your bills. |
silly | Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity. He often drank himself silly. |
thoughtless | Without consideration of the possible consequences. The debate turned into thoughtless bickering. |
unmindful | Lacking conscious awareness of. While thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled. |
unwise | (of a person or action) not wise or sensible; foolish. An unwise investor is soon impoverished. |
Usage Examples of "Unintended" as an adjective
- The unintended consequences of people's actions.
Associations of "Unintended" (30 Words)
accidental | A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature. Accidental poisoning. |
accidentally | Without intention; in an unintentional manner. Accidentally knocked the vase over. |
casually | Not methodically or according to plan. People who casually throw rubbish around the streets. |
coincide | Be present at the same place and at the same time. The two long distance walks briefly coincide here. |
coincidence | A remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection. They met by coincidence. |
concurrent | (of three or more lines) meeting at or tending towards one point. He received concurrent sentences of two years imprisonment for each of his two convictions. |
fortuitous | Happening by a lucky chance; fortunate. Fortuitous encounters strange accidents of fortune. |
hap | An accidental happening. Where er I happ d to roam. |
happen | Happen occur or be the case in the course of events or by chance Santayana. Do you happen to know who her doctor is. |
happenstance | An event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental. It was just happenstance that I happened to be there. |
inadvertent | Happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally. An inadvertent administrative error occurred that resulted in an overpayment. |
inadvertently | Without intention; accidentally. His name had been inadvertently omitted from the list. |
inattentive | Failing to attend to the comfort or wishes of others. Inattentive students. |
incidental | An incidental expense event etc. For the fieldworker who deals with real problems paperwork is incidental. |
incidentally | Introducing a different topic. These magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models. |
occur | Happen; take place. Nothing occurred that seemed important. |
simultaneous | Occurring or operating at the same time. Simultaneous translation. |
simultaneously | At the same instant. The telethon was broadcast simultaneously on 31 US networks. |
synchronism | The relation that exists when things occur at the same time. |
unaware | Having no knowledge of a situation or fact. The most unaware person I ve known. |
unconsciously | Without awareness. Unconsciously she has spent her whole life looking for a man who could live up to the ideal of her father. |
unexpected | Not expected or anticipated. Unexpected news. |
unintentional | Not done with purpose or intent. An unintentional pun. |
unintentionally | Not on purpose. I may have unintentionally misled some of you. |
unknowingly | Without being aware of something; unintentionally. The Minister perhaps unknowingly misled Parliament. |
unknown | An unknown person or thing. An unknown island. |
unwillingly | In an unwilling manner. He unwillingly went back to the family business in the City. |
unwitting | Not done with purpose or intent. We are anxious to rectify the unwitting mistakes made in the past. |
unwittingly | Without knowledge or intention. Youngsters can become unwittingly involved in gangs. |