not on purpose
Example Sentences
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"Socially I can be very awkward – not on purpose – but when it comes to football, I'm really open and happy," he says.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
What someone said later is, "It was a show that was built for streaming not on purpose."
From Salon • May 30, 2024
Surely, the Japanese correspondent was shot accidentally, not on purpose.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2023
And then there’s the sound, which from what the company tells me, hasn’t changed one iota from the QuietComfort 35 IIs — at least not on purpose.
From The Verge • Sep. 29, 2021
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
