undesired

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OpenAI said its GPT-5 model, released in August, has shown reductions in sycophancy as well as reductions in undesired responses during challenging mental-health-related conversations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

“China will aim merely to curb the undesired side effects of this industrial development model, rather than revamp it,” they said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Whether the pregnancy is desired or undesired is not relevant to the medical care we’re talking about right now—you’re pregnant.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2024

But there's a catch: Chemical reactions, particularly the sulfur reduction reaction, are very complex and not well understood, and undesired side reactions could end the batteries' lives well before those of traditional batteries.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2024

Some are deliberately applied to bodies of water to destroy plants, insect larvae, or undesired fishes.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson