unintended

Example Sentences

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Researchers also face difficulties delivering therapies precisely to target tissues while avoiding unintended damage to healthy organs.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

But there are worries about unintended consequences for U.S. farmers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Légère says he's worried about the unintended consequences of the law, which was passed after an Ontario court found that limiting citizenship rights to only the first-generation was unconstitutional.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

In California there have also been unintended impacts on other preschool providers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

The old walrus in fact managed to instill in me a great and burning ambition; it had simply found expression in an unintended pursuit.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer