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How to use unintentional in a sentence

23 example sentences · adjective

Unintentional means inadvertent; unwitting. Example: “His omission of her name from the acknowledgments section was unintentional; it was fixed for the second print run.”

Examples of unintentional by meaning

adjectiveInadvertent; unwitting.

  • Near-synonyms: incidental; see also Thesaurus:accidental, Thesaurus:unintentional
  • His omission of her name from the acknowledgments section was unintentional; it was fixed for the second print run.

adjectiveUnmindful.

  • 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.

More sentences with unintentional

  • A content fork may be intentional (as from a schism about goals) or unintentional (merely from a lack of reorganizing, so far).From the entry fork
  • In an email to Al Jazeera he explained that some forms of trolling could be unintentional.2013 December 24, Philippa H Stewart, “Online feminists are taking on the trolls”, in Al Jazeera English, archived from the original on 23…. From the entry troll
  • The era of unintentional, unasked-for or simply unacknowledged Internet sharing, it seemed, had come to an end.2011 January 14, Helen Rubinstein, “Won’t You Be My Wireless Neighbor?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry unasked-for
  • Such a press of arms invites many opportunities for unintentional fratricide.2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Terminal Six (Legendary). From the entry fratricide
  • His sight of what went on in the shrine and the ansericide were both unintentional slights.2004, Barry Baldwin, “Gareth and Me: A Petronian Pilgrimage”, in Edmund P. Cueva, Jean Alvares, Shannon Byrne, editors, Authors, Authority…. From the entry ansericide
  • This state of denial may be an unintentional self-lie.2019 May 22, Rachel Shenhav-Goldberg, “By going vegan, Israelis can avoid talking about human rights”, in +972 Magazine. From the entry self-lie
  • Mispronouning and misgendering can be intentional or unintentional.2014, Holiday Simmons, Fresh! White, “Our Many Selves”, in Laura Erickson-Schroth, editor, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the…. From the entry mispronoun
  • Sometimes you embrace the danger of unintentional campiness.2010 September, Lou Bird, quoted in "What It's Like to be a Costume Designer", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9…. From the entry campiness
  • Five were intentional to prevent accidental rod withdrawal, and one was the unintentional result of an instrument adjustment.1966 fall, staff of First Atomic Ship Transport, Inc., “Operating Experience of the N.S. Savannah in Commercial Service”, in Nuclear…. From the entry scram
  • More often than not, they’re unintentional; we use them subconsciously to fill the space or time while we prepare our main message.2022 September 15, Matt Ellis, Grammarly Blog. From the entry filler word
  • Some plagiarism is unconscious and unintentional.2021, Gabriel A. Radavansky, “Memory and Reality”, in Human Memory, 4th edition, New York, N.Y.; Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge, →ISBN…. From the entry cryptomnesia
  • Moldova's unconditional jus soli was unintentional but the government was able to capitalize on it and passportize the majority of Transnistria's residents.2019, Maxim Tabachnik, Citizenship, Territoriality, and Post-Soviet Nationhood, page 104. From the entry passportize
  • G.L.'s post reminded me that "malamanteau" could in fact be quite useful, if we reduced its meaning to simply "an erroneous and unintentional portmanteau".2010 November 4, Robert Lane Greene, “Eggcorn, mashup, malamanteau or other?”, Johnson, in The Economist, archived from the original on 03…. From the entry refudiate
  • These raison d'etre and this evolution are not merely the achievement of men's conscious activity but are the unintentional results of their social activity.1966, Maurice Godelier, Rationality and irrationality in economics, London, published by Francois Maspero, pg. 317 (quoted in Michael W.…. From the entry raison d'être
  • There are intentional and unintentional towns.1918, Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Constance Garnett, Notes from Underground, Part 1, II. From the entry there
  • Despite being a rising NASCAR star, he said it became “extremely difficult” to attract sponsors because major corporations saw his unintentional association with the LGB meme to be divisive.2022 January 5, “NASCAR rejects ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ sponsorship”, in RT, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2022. From the entry NASCAR
  • He was less revolted by squatting by the end of the film, but for most viewers the unintentional Partridgean comedy would have been the best reason for watching.2012 December 7, Tom Sutcliffe, “Television review: A Young Doctor's Notebook - Daniel Radcliffe is innocent and Jon Hamm is knowing in…. From the entry Partridgean
  • Judah threw brilliant counters that temporarily stunned the undefeated welterweight titlist, endured two flagrant but apparently unintentional low punches that would've left many permanently singing soprano.2007 July 18, David Greisman, “Fighting Words—When Losers Win and Winners Lose”, in boxingscene.com, retrieved 26 Aug 2008. From the entry singing soprano
  • You can press your face up against the screen and see no edges, you can see wonderful curves and strange shapes out of shadebobs that are probably unintentional.2007, milkfilk@gmail.com, “Why are shadebobs and 2d alpha blends so convincing?”, in comp.graphics.api.opengl (Usenet). From the entry shadebob
  • The company's representative pleaded the offence was unintentional as owing to holidays and busy hours the fokis was not informed of the ceiling price of that brand.1946 September 5, Hongkong Telegraph. From the entry foki

Meaning of unintentional

  1. adjective Inadvertent; unwitting.
  2. adjective Unmindful.

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Questions about unintentional in a sentence

How do you use unintentional in a sentence?
Unintentional is used as an adjective. For example: “His omission of her name from the acknowledgments section was unintentional; it was fixed for the second print run.”
What is a short sentence with unintentional?
“Near-synonyms: incidental; see also Thesaurus:accidental, Thesaurus:unintentional”
What does unintentional mean?
Unintentional means inadvertent; unwitting.

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