undesignedadj.
/ˌʌndᵻˈzʌɪnd/, U.S. /ˌəndəˈzaɪnd/, /ˌəndiˈzaɪnd/ Not designed or intended; unintentional.
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the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adjective] > unintentional or involuntary
unviseda1300
unwilful1398
unwilly1398
unbodena1400
voluntarya1450
non-voluntaryc1454
involuntary1531
unwilling1535
unwilleda1540
unmeant1550
unvoluntary1570
uncalleda1586
uncalleda1610
unintended1649
undesigned1651
mechanic1657
automatic1694
unmeaning1698
inadvertent1724
unbidden1726
unintentional1782
unweeting1794
unwitting1818
undeliberate1874
agnomical1881
1651 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa I. i. i. 27 Haveing begg'd Ambixules pardon for an undesign'd wrong.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. vii. 155 The most undesigned Word, the most accidental Look,..will be misconstrued. View more context for this quotation
1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ ii §2 Such coincidences may fairly be stated as undesigned.
1847 J. J. Blunt Undesigned Coincidences iii. iii. 235 Confirmed as a matter of fact..by an undesigned coincidence.
1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 40 A result undesigned but of great moment followed the policy.
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