unintended

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Former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s Workers’ Rights Bill in 2025 had the unintended effect of discouraging employers from making permanent hires and instead incentivizing them to take workers on as sub-contractors.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

But as with Iraq, the war may produce unintended consequences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Baroness Lloyd added the amendment "could risk unintended consequences and it would mean acting before listening to what the consultation tells us and what parents and children need".

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The findings suggest that targeting this pathway could have unintended consequences over time.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

Why is the tree on the bottom, with the unintended meaning, the one the reader arrived at?

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker