Intentional and Inadvertent

Opposite meaning words

Intentional adjective - Made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing.

Usage example: I'm fairly sure that your “accidental” cutting down of my rosebush was really intentional

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Inadvertent is an antonym for intentional in deliberate topic.

Inadvertent adjective - Happening by chance.

Usage example: an inadvertent encounter with a rattlesnake in the brush

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Intentional is an antonym for inadvertent in topics: involuntary, accidental.

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