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unintended en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌʌn.ɪnˈtɛn.dɪd/

Etymology

From un- + intended.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not intended; unplanned
    • The most powerful and least divisive way to decrease abortion is to reduce unintended pregnancy. 2006 May, Ceci Connolly, quoting Sarah Brown, “Unintended Pregnancy Linked to State Funding Cuts”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2008:

Antonyms

intended

Deriveds

unintendedly · unintendedness · unintended consequence · law of unintended consequences

Synonyms

incidental · unintentional

Translations (12)

es involuntario (not intended; unplanned) · cmn 无意的 (not intended; unplanned) · pt implanejado (not intended; unplanned) · fr involontaire (not intended; unplanned) · bg неволен (not intended; unplanned) · cmn 无心的 (not intended; unplanned) · be ненаўмысны (not intended; unplanned) · es no deseado (not intended; unplanned) · fi tahaton (not intended; unplanned) · hu véletlen (not intended; unplanned) · cs nezamýšlený (not intended; unplanned) · be незапланаваны (not intended; unplanned)