as in nondeliberate
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonpurposive
Adjective
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The phones simultaneously reflecting the sun rising behind Moreno on stage created an additional unintentional effect.—
Courtney Devores,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2025 -
Each earpiece also has press controls that prevent the unintentional triggering often experienced with touch controls.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Cooper Josephine: This started in [Montreal’s] Lafontaine Park when I was scouted by a random person with a clipboard.—
James Factora,
Them.,
31 Mar. 2025
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Those who fail random tests are required to enter a ‘return to work’ program, which includes passing a drug test to have their license reinstated.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Marta González de la Rubia, an archivist at Loewe who gave me a tour of the facility, told me that in the company’s early decades the retention of samples had been haphazard, and that this was especially true with the company’s packaging.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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The vibrations felt more haphazard, with less granular effects, but loud shots were still met with strong motor bumps.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The White House has dismissed the episode as a minor mistake and top congressional Republicans seemed ready to chalk it up as an inadvertent mix-up, but Democrats were in no mood to do so.—
Carl Hulse,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Apparently, an inadvertent phone number made it onto that thread.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Nonpurposive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonpurposive. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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