unintentionally
Example Sentences
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Only after decades as a physician and policymaker did I understand that my father and mother had unintentionally but eagerly adopted one of the most powerful health interventions ever discovered: human connection.
Fields, whose own parents are in their 80s, wondered if he had ever unintentionally made his parents feel that way.
Beneficiary designations can also result in unintentionally unequal distributions if there’s more than one heir, and complications if the beneficiaries die first or aren’t changed appropriately as life circumstances change.
From Los Angeles Times
Or, “Is it possible that this decision might unintentionally hurt morale?”
The health department said the move is “designed to ensure that the U.S. government will not be in business with organizations that intentionally or unintentionally inflict permanent harm on children.”
From Los Angeles Times
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