adj
Freq #424125
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adj
not planned, intended, or done deliberately
Their meeting was entirely undesigned, but it changed both of their plans.
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adj
not created according to a prior design or plan
The artist preserved the undesigned marks left by the printing process.
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Formed from un- + designed. The negative prefix removes either the idea of deliberate intention or that of prior planning, giving the word both its accidental and unplanned senses.