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unintended Synonyms

Another word for unintended

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• adjective (Context 1)

Not planned, meant, or expected; occurring by accident rather than by design.

Usage Example

"The new tax policy had several unintentional consequences for small local businesses."

Strongest
unintentional
unplanned
accidental
inadvertent
Strong
unmeant
unexpected
unforeseen
unanticipated
unpremeditated

Opposites of unintended

The opposite of unintended shifts depending on context. Common opposites include:

intended
intentional
deliberate
planned
purposeful
calculated
premeditated
conscious
See all opposites of unintended

• Nearby Words

unintelligently
unintelligible
unintelligibly
unintended
unintentional
unintentionally
uninterest

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Wordmom. (2026). Synonyms for Unintended. In Wordmom Thesaurus. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/synonyms/unintended
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