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undeˈsigned, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
Not designed or intended; unintentional.
1654Earl of Orrery Parthen. (1676) 9 Having begg'd Ambixules pardon for an undesign'd wrong. 1745Fielding Tom Jones xi. vii, The most undesigned word, the most accidental look,..will be misconstrued. 1790Paley Horæ Paul. ii §2 Such coincidences may fairly be stated as undesigned. 1847J. J. Blunt Undesigned Coincidences iii. iii. 235 Confirmed as a matter of fact..by an undesigned coincidence. 1872Yeats Growth Comm. 40 A result undesigned but of great moment followed the policy. |
