unintended
/ˌʌn.ɪnˈtɛn.dɪd/
unintended adjective: not intended; unplanned.
Adjective
unintended (not comparable)
- Not intended; unplanned
- The most powerful and least divisive way to decrease abortion is to reduce unintended pregnancy.2006 May, Ceci Connolly, quoting Sarah Brown, “Unintended Pregnancy Linked to State Funding Cuts”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2008
- Synonyms:
- incidental, unintentional
unintended meaning in Urdu
unintended in Urdu
- غیرارادی, نادانستہ
Examples of unintended in a sentence
- The unintended ambiguity of the phrase was a double-edged sword: it spurred litigation but it also ended up shielding good-faith actors.
- In Markovits’s telling, the rise of the meritocracy is a story of unintended consequences.
- Over the past several years we’ve learned a lot about the unintended consequences of social media.
Synonyms of unintended
Antonyms
Origin of unintended
From un- + intended.
Words formed from unintended
Phrases with unintended
Words that rhyme with unintended
- suspended
- extended
- apprehended
- splendid
- comprehended
- defended
- distended
- intended
- amended
- ascended
- blended
- depended
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Questions about unintended
- What does unintended mean?
- Unintended means not intended; unplanned.
- What is unintended in Urdu?
- Unintended in Urdu is غیرارادی, نادانستہ. See Unintended meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is unintended?
- Unintended is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unintended?
- Unintended is pronounced /ˌʌn.ɪnˈtɛn.dɪd/.
Words near unintended in the dictionary
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