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unintended

/ ˌʌɪˈɛԻɪ /

adjective

  1. not intended; unplanned

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In hindsight, the federal and state response to the rail strike of 1894 appears to have lacked some consideration of unintended consequences.

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The avocado’s rise had an unintended consequence: Business interests in Mexico took notice.

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But their determination to turn America so toxic that the bond market is becoming very shaky and investors are starting to pull out could have some very serious unintended consequences.

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“I actually hired a car, so I could write while coming down here,” he confesses, adding the car is a Lincoln Town Car, an unintended parallel to Haller’s preferred mode of transportation.

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His approach has been welcomed by some parents who have lost children to overdoses, but others warn of added stigma and unintended consequences.

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