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intentional

/ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/adjective4 syllables

Intentional means: characterized by conscious design or purpose.

Synonyms for intentional16

adjective, as in characterized by conscious design or purpose

knowing, deliberate, intended

adjective, as in done or made or performed with purpose and intent

designed, unintentional, fashioned

also used for intentional

purposeful, purposive, advertent, conscious, witting, on purpose, volitational, volitional, voluntary, wilful

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What does intentional mean?2

adjective

1

characterized by conscious design or purpose“intentional damage”

2

done or made or performed with purpose and intent“style … is more than the deliberate and designed creation”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with intentional?4

five syllables

unconventionalunintentional
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Intentional in a sentence

  • Of course, it wasn't intentional or done with any sort of awareness.pip
  • The opioid epidemic is intentional, a form of eugenics.shekitten
  • Let me assure you that that wasn't intentional.CK
  • A person can't be that stupid. It has to be intentional.rul
  • Jack shattered his mother's vase, but it wasn't intentional, that's why she didn't get mad at him.anzart
  • I know what you did wasn't intentional.CK
  • This appeared to be an intentional murder.OsoHombre
  • The Arab Spring was not a mistake but an intentional mistake.maaster

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