as in nondeliberate
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Adjective
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Inadequate detection mechanisms could result in unintentional exposure, leading to regulatory non-compliance or reputational damage.—
Mandar Khoje,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025 -
The former officer, , is currently serving a 22-and-a-half-year state sentence for second-degree unintentional murder, alongside a concurrent 21-year federal sentence for violating Floyd's civil rights.—
Jesus Mesa,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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The robot learns in a virtual environment, earning higher scores for better stacking performance with random items.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
30 Jan. 2025
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On a random note: Long before those assignments, Chuck was pepper-sprayed covering the disturbances in Miami the morning Elián Gonzalez was whisked away by federal authorities.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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Why some houses burn and others survive isn’t always obvious and can seem capricious and haphazard, despite preparation and mitigation.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
11 Jan. 2025
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Efforts to reform the system that has shielded oil companies from liability have been haphazard.—
Mark Olalde,
ProPublica,
30 Dec. 2024
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Mike Pence's inadvertent attraction of a fly to his white hair during the 2020 vice presidential debate will forever be enshrined in the annals of veep satire.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Giveaway Entities will not be responsible for typographical, printing or other inadvertent errors in these Official Rules or in other materials relating to the Giveaway.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Nonpurposive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonpurposive. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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