not on purpose

Example Sentences

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What someone said later is, "It was a show that was built for streaming not on purpose."

From Salon • May 30, 2024

The priests tend to act as arbiters, "and the groups tended not to kill them, at least not on purpose".

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2021

I literally did not know there was another question and when I found out afterwards that that looked rude, I contacted Jamie and made sure she knew that was not on purpose.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2021

Harbaugh seems to have kept a lower profile this fall, though apparently not on purpose.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2017

Yolanda, the third of the four girls, became a schoolteacher but not on purpose.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez