undesired

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OpenAI said its GPT-5 model, released in August, has shown reductions in sycophancy as well as reductions in undesired responses during challenging mental-health-related conversations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

“China will aim merely to curb the undesired side effects of this industrial development model, rather than revamp it,” they said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

On the one hand, enough copper ions must be on hand; on the other, the concentration of free copper ions in the cytoplasm must be kept very low to avoid undesired side effects.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

Whether the pregnancy is desired or undesired is not relevant to the medical care we’re talking about right now—you’re pregnant.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2024

Some are deliberately applied to bodies of water to destroy plants, insect larvae, or undesired fishes.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson