unintentional — I adjective accidental, adventitious, casual, chance, fortuitous, inadvertent, insciens, involuntary, purposeless, spontaneous, uncalculated, unconscious, undeliberate, undesigned, unexpected, unforeseen, unintended, unknowing, unmeant,… … Law dictionary
unintentional — 1782, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) “not” + INTENTIONAL (Cf. intentional). Related: Unintentionally (1769) … Etymology dictionary
unintentional — / unintended [adj] not planned accidental, aimless, casual, chance, erratic, extemporaneous, fortuitous, haphazard, inadvertent, involuntary, purposeless, random, unconscious, undesigned, undevised, unexpected, unforeseen, unintended, unplanned,… … New thesaurus
unintentional — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not done on purpose. DERIVATIVES unintentionally adverb … English terms dictionary
unintentional — [un΄inten′shə nəl] adj. not done on purpose unintentionally adv … English World dictionary
unintentional — unintentionally, adv. /un in ten sheuh nl/, adj. not intentional or deliberate: an unintentional omission from the list. [1775 85; UN 1 + INTENTIONAL] Syn. accidental, unplanned, inadvertent. * * * … Universalium
unintentional — adj. Unintentional is used with these nouns: ↑humour … Collocations dictionary
unintentional — un|in|ten|tion|al [ˌʌnınˈtenʃənəl] adj not done deliberately ▪ I know she upset you, but I m sure it was unintentional. >unintentionally adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
unintentional — un|in|ten|tion|al [ ,ʌnın tenʃənəl ] adjective not deliberate or planned: The play has moments of unintentional comedy. ╾ un|in|ten|tion|al|ly adverb: She is often unintentionally rude … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
unintentional — adjective not said or done deliberately: I know she upset you, but I m sure it was unintentional. unintentionally adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
