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Not deliberate
Answer for the clue "Not deliberate ", 13 letters:
unintentional
Alternative clues for the word unintentional
Word definitions for unintentional in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Not intended or deliberate; inadvertent; unwitting
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. not done or made or performed with purpose or intent [syn: undesigned ] [ant: designed ] without deliberate intent; "my heart with unwilled love grew warm"- George Macdonald [syn: unwilled ] not intentional; "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1701, from un- (1) "not" + intentional (adj.). Related: Unintentionally .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Defense attorneys claimed the shooting was unintentional . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Gingrich said his violations were unintentional and that he regretted them. ▪ Gingrich said the violations were unintentional . ▪ Her ...
Usage examples of unintentional.
He had later claimed that it was an unintentional error and he had been given the benefit of the doubt, since it was not impossible that after a day of harassing visits he should have mistaken the ampoule, all the more so considering the semi-darkness pervading the sick room.
The fact is, that there is a vast deal of unintentional humbuggery in some of the accounts we have from scientific men concerning the religious institutions of Polynesia.
Eager to get back into operation, a technician switched on the antenna training motor and Brad Williams revolved a dozen times at the masthead, his angry shouts swamped by the voices of the guns, until an officer on the bridge noticed that his majestic sweeps around the horizon were apparently unintentional.
I got used to the unintentional scratches I received from meerkats climbing over me.
Adams, who was not really sure at all, and he went on his way reflecting that wonders would never cease, and that if Old Binomial was going to appear, he would certainly not miss the play for anything, as it was sure to yield a few good unintentional laughs.
Ayla held her spear ready to hurl as well, but even at a gallop she rode with an easy, effortless grace that was the result of practice, and her initial training of the horse that had been unintentional, bnc felt that many of her signals to the horse were more an extension oi thought than an act of guidance.
Catching the unintentional comparison to his own character, Dodson said, "What I mean was that he was naive in many ways.
The same steady expression, the same tender mouth, upper lip indenting the lower to give her a look of t unintentional sensuality.
A parent who strives to make a true friend of his or her child may well sacrifice authority, and though that parent may be comfortable with surrendering the dominant position, the unintentional result will be to steal from that child the necessary guidance and, more importantly, the sense of security the parent is supposed to impart.