unintentional
Syllables: un·in·tent·ion·al/ˌʌnɪnˈtɛnʃn̩(ə)l/US/ˌʌnɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃ(ə)nəl/
unintentional adjective: inadvertent; unwitting.
Adjective
unintentional (comparative more unintentional, superlative most unintentional)
- Inadvertent; 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.
- Synonyms:
- nonintentional, unintended, incidental, accidental, accidentary, adventitious, by accident, by the by, casual, causeless
- Antonyms:
- intentional, intended
- Unmindful.
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- nonintentional
- Antonyms:
- intentional
unintentional meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
unintentional in Hindi
- गैर इरादतन
unintentional in Urdu
- غیرارادی, نادانستہ
unintentional in Bengali
- অনিচ্ছাকৃত
unintentional in Malayalam
- accidental, unintended, inadvertent
- ഉദ്ദിഷ്ടമല്ലാത്ത, ഉദ്ദേശിക്കാത്ത, ബോധപൂർവ്വമല്ലാത്ത, കരുതിക്കൂട്ടിയല്ലാത്ത, വേണമെന്നുവച്ചിട്ടല്ലാത്ത, മനഃപൂർവ്വമല്ലാത്ത
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- unintentional in Kannada
- ಉದ್ದೇಶಪೂರ್ವಕವಲ್ಲದ
- unintentional in Odia
- ଅନିଚ୍ଛାକୃତ
- unintentional in Sanskrit
- अकाम akāmá
- unintentional in Tagalog
- hindi sinasadya
Examples of unintentional in a sentence
- A content fork may be intentional (as from a schism about goals) or unintentional (merely from a lack of reorganizing, so far).
- In an email to Al Jazeera he explained that some forms of trolling could be unintentional.
- The era of unintentional, unasked-for or simply unacknowledged Internet sharing, it seemed, had come to an end.
Synonyms of unintentional
- nonintentional
- unintended
- incidental
- accidental
- adventitious
- by accident
- by the by
- casual
- causeless
- fortuitous
14 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Antonyms
Forms of unintentional
| comparative | more unintentional |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unintentional |
Origin of unintentional
From un- + intentional.
Words formed from unintentional
Words that rhyme with unintentional
Questions about unintentional
- What does unintentional mean?
- Unintentional means inadvertent; unwitting.
- What is unintentional in Hindi?
- Unintentional in Hindi is गैर इरादतन. See Unintentional meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is unintentional?
- Unintentional is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unintentional?
- Unintentional is pronounced /ˌʌnɪnˈtɛnʃn̩(ə)l/ (UK).
Words near unintentional in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unintentional (page history and authors); unintentional (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unintentional (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unintentional (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unintentional (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unintentional (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unintentional (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); अकाम (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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