unintentional.
Not intended or deliberate; without intention or with not enough intention.
Meaning & usage
Not intended or deliberate; without intention or with not enough intention. Inadvertent; unwitting.
His omission of her name from the acknowledgments section was unintentional; it was fixed for the second print run.
Not intended or deliberate; without intention or with not enough intention. Unmindful.
She kindly remonstrated us for allowing our yoga to be so unintentional; she reminded us that it is supposed to be more than mere absent-minded stretching.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English intentional English unintentional From un- + intentional.
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