By accident
Unexpected and by accident are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unexpected" instead an adjective phrase "By accident".
Unexpected
Unexpected adjective - Not expected.
By accident and unexpected are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "By accident" instead an adjective "Unexpected".
Nearby Words: unexpectedly, unexpectedness
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- chance and by accident
- chance and unexpected
- incidental and by accident
- incidental and unexpected
- accidental and by accident
- accidental and unexpected
- casual and by accident
- casual and unexpected
- random and by accident
- random and unexpected
- haphazard and by accident
- haphazard and unexpected
- fortuitous and by accident
- fortuitous and unexpected
Both terms in one sentence
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Scientists developed an orgasm device for women by accident when the doctor inserted a spinal cord electrode he was using to relieve the woman's chronic pain into the wrong place and got an unexpected reaction.
Source: Electric Instant Gratification
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