unintended

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She has said the changes would better align capital requirements with actual risk and correct unintended consequences from earlier postcrisis rules.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

But as with Iraq, the war may produce unintended consequences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Baroness Lloyd added the amendment "could risk unintended consequences and it would mean acting before listening to what the consultation tells us and what parents and children need".

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Bill Plaschke spoke a quiet and perhaps unintended truth in his column praising the competitiveness of the World Baseball Classic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

In the intended reading, the pleasure is caused by the singing; in the unintended one, it’s caused by the not-passing-this-way-again.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker