unintentional.

Not done or brought about deliberately.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• unintentional error
• unintentional harm

On the page

The omission was unintentional, but correcting it still required an explanation to the readers.

An unintentional movement tipped the carefully balanced stack of papers.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Ordinarily non-gradable in the stated categorical sense; compare degree only where the context genuinely permits it. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, interpretation, contrast, characterization. Disciplines: prose writing, literary analysis, advanced general English. Commonness: moderately common.