Meanings
adjectiveunintended (not comparable)
- not comparableNot 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 2008Synonyms: incidental, unintentional
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot intended; unplanned
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adjectivenot deliberate
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishintended
- Englishunintended
Translations
Bulgarian неволен
- неволен (nevolen)not intended; unplanned
Chinese Mandarin 无意的, 无心的
- 无意的not intended; unplanned
- 无心的not intended; unplanned
Czech nezamýšlený
- nezamýšlenýnot intended; unplanned
Finnish tahaton
- tahatonnot intended; unplanned
French involontaire
- involontairenot intended; unplanned
Hungarian véletlen
- véletlennot intended; unplanned
Portuguese implanejado
- implanejadonot intended; unplanned
Spanish involuntario, no deseado
- involuntarionot intended; unplanned
- no deseadonot intended; unplanned
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with unintended
recommendedintendedextendedendedamendedsuspendedblendedsplendiddefendedexpendedpretendedapprehendedcomprehendeddistendedleast said, soonest mended
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Cite this entry
APA
unintended. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unintended
MLA
“unintended.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unintended. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unintended,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unintended.
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