unintended

English

Etymology

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English un-

English intended

English unintended

From un- + intended.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌn.ɪnˈtɛn.dɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɛndɪd

Adjective

unintended (not comparable)

1. Not intended; unplanned
   • 2006 May, Ceci Connolly, quoting Sarah Brown, “Unintended Pregnancy Linked to State Funding Cuts”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], archived from the original on 24 July 2008:

     The most powerful and least divisive way to decrease abortion is to reduce unintended pregnancy.

Synonyms

• incidental, unintentional; see also Thesaurus:accidental or Thesaurus:unintentional

Antonyms

• intended

Derived terms

• law of unintended consequences
• unintended consequence

Translations

not intended; unplanned

• Belarusian: ненаўмысны (njenawmysny), незапланаваны (njezaplanavany)
• Bulgarian: неволен (bg) (nevolen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 无意的, 无心的

• Czech: nezamýšlený (cs)
• Finnish: tahaton (fi)
• French: involontaire (fr)
• Hungarian: véletlen (hu)
• Portuguese: implanejado
• Spanish: involuntario (es), no deseado

Anagrams

• unindented