Meanings
comparative more unintentionally · superlative most unintentionally
- Without meaning to, in an unintentional manner, not intentionally.
And, even if you do not unintentionally overstore your markets, over-expansion by your competitors will produce similar effects.
1990, Challenges for the Convenience Store Industry in the 1990s, page 1751 more example
"Oh, no! Mason will not defy me; nor knowing it, will he hurt me—but, unintentionally, he might in a moment, by one careless word, deprive me, if not of life, yet for ever of happiness."
1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter V, in Jane Eyre, 1st edition, volume II, page 132Synonyms: accidentally, unwittingly, inadvertently, unintendedly, unintendingly · Antonyms: intentionally
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbWithout meaning to, in an unintentional manner, not intentionally.
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Origin
Translations
Arabic عَنْ غَفْلَةٍ
- عَنْ غَفْلَةٍ (ʕan ḡaflatin)in an unintentional manner
Catalan involuntàriament
- involuntàriamentin an unintentional manner
Dutch onbedoeld
- onbedoeldin an unintentional manner
Esperanto malintence
- malintencein an unintentional manner
Finnish sattumalta, vahingossa
- sattumaltain an unintentional manner
- vahingossain an unintentional manner
- epähuomiossain an unintentional manner
- erehdyksessäin an unintentional manner
- huomaamattain an unintentional manner
French involontairement, inintentionnellement
- involontairementin an unintentional manner
- inintentionnellementin an unintentional manner
German unabsichtlich, unbeabsichtigt
- unabsichtlichin an unintentional manner
- unbeabsichtigtin an unintentional manner
- ungewolltin an unintentional manner
- unfreiwilligin an unintentional manner
Greek άθελα
- άθελα (áthela)in an unintentional manner
Italian involontariamente
- involontariamentein an unintentional manner
Lithuanian netyčia
- netyčiain an unintentional manner
Polish nieumyślnie
- nieumyślniein an unintentional manner
Portuguese sem querer, involuntariamente
- sem quererin an unintentional manner
- involuntariamentein an unintentional manner
- despropositadamentein an unintentional manner
Russian непреднаме́ренно, неумы́шленно
- непреднаме́ренно (neprednamérenno)in an unintentional manner
- неумы́шленно (neumýšlenno)in an unintentional manner
Spanish sin querer, involuntariamente
- sin quererin an unintentional manner
- involuntariamentein an unintentional manner
- inintencionalmentein an unintentional manner
- no intencionadamentein an unintentional manner
Turkish istemeden, istemsizce
- istemedenin an unintentional manner
- istemsizcein an unintentional manner
- yanlışlıklain an unintentional manner
Ukrainian ненавми́сне, ненавми́сно
- ненавми́сне (nenavmýsne)in an unintentional manner
- ненавми́сно (nenavmýsno)in an unintentional manner
Vietnamese vô ý
- vô ýin an unintentional manner
Cite this entry
unintentionally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unintentionally
“unintentionally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unintentionally. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unintentionally,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unintentionally.
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