unintended

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Former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s Workers’ Rights Bill in 2025 had the unintended effect of discouraging employers from making permanent hires and instead incentivizing them to take workers on as sub-contractors.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

New laws could lead to unintended consequences for other vital democratic interests that may outweigh uncertain benefits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

"Our future goal is to create the next generation of tissue-specific therapies that preserve therapeutic benefit while reducing unintended systemic effects," said Elgendy.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026

Their narrow military assessment leaves out the broader, unintended consequences of the war.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

“Even this reduced, unintended message will trigger recognition if the subject is important, relevant, or highly probable.”

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel