Synonyms for unintentional
- adjective
Most common
accidental unintended unplanned inadvertent designed unmeant
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Accidental — not intended or deliberate; without intention or with not enough intention. Inadvertent; unwitting
accidental, unintended, inadvertent, unplanned, unwitting, random, involuntary, fortuitous, unforeseen, serendipitous, incidental, casual, undesigned, unpremeditated, causeless, unpurposed, lippening UK, nonintentional, adventitious, accidentary dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not intended or deliberate; without intention or with not enough intention. Inadvertent; unwitting.
Near-synonyms: incidental; see also Thesaurus:accidental, Thesaurus:unintentional
Related words
- Word family
- unintentionally
Example sentences
- accidental The inquest returned a verdict of accidental death.
- unintended This had some unintended consequences for Algeria.
- unplanned One in six pregnancies in Britain are unplanned.
- designed Tom designed an experiment to test his hypothesis.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unintentional | rising | |
| accidental | falling | |
| unintended | rising | |
| unplanned | rising | |
| inadvertent | steady | |
| designed | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- random2, casual3
- 7 letters
- unmeant
- 8 letters
- designed2
- 9 letters
- unplanned2, unwitting3, causeless, lippening
- 10 letters
- accidental4, unintended4, incidental4, unforeseen3, fortuitous4, undesigned, unpurposed
- 11 letters
- involuntary5, inadvertent4, accidentary
- 12 letters
- adventitious
- 13 letters
- serendipitous5
- 14 letters
- unpremeditated, nonintentional
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (random2 = 2 syllables).