undesignedlyadv.
/ˌʌndᵻˈzʌɪnᵻdli/, U.S. /ˌəndəˈzaɪnᵻdli/, /ˌəndiˈzaɪnᵻdli/ Without design or intention; unintentionally.
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the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adverb] > unintentionally or involuntarily
unthankc960
un-i-waldesOE
unwaldesc1210
in unwaresa1300
unwilfully1382
unwaresa1400
unbewares1483
unawares1535
unbethought1558
involuntarily1562
unaware1593
at unawares1596
unwillinglya1616
implicitly1625
unpurposedlya1639
hormetically1678
inadvertently1678
indeliberately1681
undesignedly1687
inadvertingly1715
unintentionally1769
unintendedly1782
unpurposely1830
will-lessly1865
1687 R. Boyle Martyrdom Theodora xi. 120 Having been, though undesignedly, so..accessory to the early loss of a life.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 484 It is better they should do good undesignedly..than not to do it at all.
1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm x. 299 Insensibly and undesignedly and from the operation of various causes.
1884 Law Times 20 Sept. 345 It is this aspect..on which ‘W. B.’ seems, perhaps not altogether undesignedly, to have thrown most light.
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