unintended

Example Sentences

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The new Windrush commissioner has warned of the danger of "unintended consequences" from tougher UK asylum laws.

From BBC

The only way you could end these discussions is to make a decision objective, but we should be wary of unintended consequences.

From BBC

David Carter, a sports business professor at Southern California, said fans appear to want sports betting and they’re willing to accept there could be “unintended consequences.”

From Seattle Times

Relaxing the tariffs led to unintended export surges and, as a result, lower prices that cut into farmers’ incomes.

From Seattle Times

Mr. Vieru’s plight, shared by farmers in Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria, flow from the unintended consequences of good intentions gone awry.

From New York Times