unintentionally

Examples

• All

• Sometimes, we unintentionally hurt others with our words without realizing it.

• Harry had unintentionally given his daughter some practical advice.

  Matilda (1996)

• And I was unintentionally one of those people.

  High Performance

• I think I may have unintentionally started a a major battle here.

  IMPAULSIVE

• Even if she did that unintentionally, please stop.

  Hannah (Sex & Relationships Education)

• Do you know anyone who may have given him something unintentionally?

  Staged Killer (2019)

• You know, I believe that most of the good things that are done in this world are done unintentionally.

  The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)

• But what ends up happening is that, often unintentionally, maybe, they create further racial division.

• By enriching ourselves, we unintentionally work for the benefit of others.

• What the study does indicate, however, is that unintentionally injuring another person seems fairly common among high school students.

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

A

accidentally

vsunintentionally

341 1.4

In a way that is not planned and happens by mistake

is lack of deliberate planning even when outcome is not caused by chance

B

by chance

vsunintentionally

184 2.3

Happening without planning or intending

is absence of deliberate planning even when event is not coincidental

I

inadvertently

vsunintentionally

64 5.2

Without meaning to do something

is a general lack of deliberate planning, not necessarily due to neglect

M

mistakenly

vsunintentionally

54 3.1

In a wrong way because someone made an error

is lack of deliberate planning, not simply the result of an error

U

unconsciously

vsunintentionally

35 4.0

Without thinking or knowing you do something

is about absence of planning rather than only lack of awareness

U

unwittingly

vsunintentionally

28 6.0

In a way you do not know you are doing

is broader lack of deliberate planning, not merely being unaware

U

unknowingly

vsunintentionally

21 4.2

Doing something without being aware of it

is general lack of deliberate action rather than only lack of knowledge

E

erroneously

vsunintentionally

12 6.7

In a mistaken way

is about absence of deliberate planning rather than mere incorrectness

U

unsuspectingly

vsunintentionally

1 5.9

Without thinking anything is wrong

is general lack of deliberate planning, not mainly a trusting attitude

U

undesignedly

vsunintentionally

1 9.9

In an unplanned way not on purpose

is a broader lack of deliberate action rather than focus on accident

U

unpremeditatedly

vsunintentionally

1 9.5

Without planning or thinking about it first

is lack of deliberate action, not only absence of prior planning

Antonyms

I

intentionally

175 3.1

In a way that someone does something on purpose, not by accident

How Intentional

unintentionally

29 3.4

inadvertently

64 5.2

unwittingly

28 6.0

accidentally

341 1.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology