unintended
/ʌnɪnˈtɛndɪd
/adjective
Not planned or meant: the unintended consequences of people’s actions...
- Important unintended consequences need to be accounted for when mergers are planned.
- I suppose that his big thing is to point out how the law of unintended consequences keeps rearing its ugly head even with the best of intentions.
- This article's a few months old, but I've only just seen it - a great example of unintended consequences.