nonpurposive

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonpurposive
Adjective
  • These new regulations are meant to reduce the chances of intentional or unintentional targeting of white sharks, which not only harms the animals but also increases public safety risks.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Swear words uttered under such circumstances are usually unintentional.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • And as for the new show, the contestants are no longer random.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Nicki Minaj was reportedly the target of a random swatting attack by someone who told police there had been a shooting at her Hidden Hills home.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The mass arrests and roundups thus far have been so haphazard that there is a very real likelihood that innocent individuals have also been swept up and deported.
    Nisha Whitehead, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
  • But swirling around it are immigration restrictions, headlong and haphazard reductions in Federal spending and a separate but related confidence shock weighing on consumer behavior.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Defendant referred to victim in past tense, detective testifies Cousins’ status as a possible suspect was strengthened by his inadvertent language missteps in his first interview with a Fort Worth Police Department Homicide Unit detective, the jury learned on Tuesday.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Skinner has been out of commission since getting an inadvertent knee in the head from the Dallas Stars’ Mikko Rantanen on March 26.
    Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Nonpurposive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonpurposive. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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