not on purpose
Example Sentences
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I get up at 6, 6:30, and not on purpose.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025
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
The former prime minister has accepted that he did indeed mislead Parliament when he said the guidance and rules were followed at all times - but he insists this was not on purpose.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2023
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
