unintentionally

English

Etymology

From unintentional +‎ -ly or un- +‎ intentionally.

Adverb

unintentionally (comparative more unintentionally, superlative most unintentionally)

1. Without meaning to, in an unintentional manner, not intentionally.

   Synonyms: accidentally, unwittingly, inadvertently

   Antonym: intentionally

   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter V, in Jane Eyre, 1st edition, volume II, page 132:

     "Oh, no! Mason will not defy me; nor knowing it, will he hurt me—but, unintentionally, he might in a moment, by one careless word, deprive me, if not of life, yet for ever of happiness."

   • 1990, Challenges for the Convenience Store Industry in the 1990s, page 175:

     And, even if you do not unintentionally overstore your markets, over-expansion by your competitors will produce similar effects.

Translations

in an unintentional manner

• Arabic:

  South Levantine Arabic: عفوًا (ʕafwan)

• Catalan: involuntàriament
• Dutch: onbedoeld (nl)
• Finnish: sattumalta (fi), vahingossa (fi), epähuomiossa, erehdyksessä, huomaamatta
• French: involontairement (fr), inintentionnellement (fr)
• Galician: sen querer, involuntariamente (gl)
• German: unabsichtlich (de), unbeabsichtigt (de), ungewollt (de), unfreiwillig (de)
• Greek: άθελα (el) (áthela)
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} véletlenül (hu)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} de thaisme
• Italian: involontariamente (it)
• Lithuanian: netyčia
• Polish: nieumyślnie
• Portuguese: sem querer, involuntariamente (pt), despropositadamente
• Russian: непреднаме́ренно (ru) (neprednamérenno), неумы́шленно (ru) (neumýšlenno)
• Spanish: sin querer (es), involuntariamente (es), inintencionalmente (es), non intencionadamente
• Turkish: istemeden, istemsizce, yanlışlıkla (tr)
• Ukrainian: ненавми́сне (nenavmýsne), ненавми́сно (nenavmýsno)
• Vietnamese: vô ý (vi)