unintentional

Word family

un·in·ten·tion·al /ˌʌnɪnˈtenʃənəl◂/ adjectiveadj

DELIBERATELYnot done deliberately 不是故意的，无心的 OPP deliberate

I know she upset you, but I’m sure it was unintentional.

我知道她让你生气了，不过我肯定她不是故意的。

—unintentionally adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

unintentional• Defense attorneys claimed the shooting was unintentional.• Gingrich said the violations were unintentional.• Some of these things are done to us deliberately while others are the unintentional actions of others or unavoidable events.• Gingrich said his violations were unintentional and that he regretted them.• The largely unintentional effect was that small local entrepreneurs had their confidence in the development prospects boosted by this creative strategy.• Would the Pickering decision always protect teachers who make unintentional false public statements?• The fact that discrimination is unintentional has no bearing on its legality or otherwise.• Her presence in the completed project adds an unintentional poignance now.

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Corpus

BNC: 19360 COCA: 18131

unintentional adj.
⇨ unconscious

BNC: 19360 COCA: 18131

unintentional

Not planned: random, arbitrary, spontaneous...