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unintended consequences

unintended consequences is the plural of unintended consequence.

Meaning of unintended consequence

Noun

unintended consequence (plural unintended consequences)

  1. (in plural) An outcome of a purposeful action that is not intended or foreseen.
    • Over the past several years we’ve learned a lot about the unintended consequences of social media. Platforms intended to bring us closer together make us angrier and more isolated.2019 May 4, Bret Stephens, “Facebook’s Unintended Consequence”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about unintended consequences

What is unintended consequences the plural of?
Unintended consequences is the plural of unintended consequence.

Words near unintended consequences in the dictionary

  1. unintelligible
  2. unintelligibleness
  3. unintelligibly
  4. unintended
  5. unintended consequence
  6. unintended consequences
  7. unintendedly
  8. unintendedness
  9. unintending
  10. unintendingly
  11. unintense

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