preterintentional
/ˌpɹitəɹˌɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃ(ə)nəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Additional to or beyond what was intended.
Example Sentences
- "Prater''' intentional or accidental effects [of the holy communion] give no ground to ſeek them as ſuch a cauſe as is not ordained to vvork them, though haply ſome have been converted at that time. […] Becauſe a man hath been converted at his marriage, vvhere the Sermon and benediction have vvrought on him: Is therefore marriage a converting Ordinance?"
- "Tho' this piece of a Text be left out of ſome Copies, it is yet in MOST, and in the BEST. And vvhere it chanc'd to be left out, that might eaſily happen thro' inadvertency, or præterintentional Miſtake in the Tranſcriber."
- "There was no evil spell, as at the sorceress's shop, but perhaps jactura [Latin: “about to be cast”]: preterintentional."
- "It is probable that what was done deliberately, intentionally and obviously in the PCP [Portuguese Communist Party] was done—at least in part—unconsciously or preterintentionally in the PSD [Social Democratic Party]. However, the preterintentional (which means wanting to do something and causing much more than that as a result) is part of politics."
- "[T]echnological activity ‘feeds back’ on the users and modifies them, i.e., it produces auto-plastic and ‘preter-intentional’ retroactive effects on their organisms."
- "A crime— […] is preterintentional or beyond the intention, when an injurious or dangerous occurrence is derived from the act or omission which is more serious than the one desired by the agent."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *praiteros Latin praeterbor. English preter- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin intendō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin intentiō Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Medieval Latin -ālis Medieval Latin intentiōnālisbor. English intentional English preterintentional From preter- (prefix meaning ‘beyond’) + intentional (adjective). Later uses, especially sense 2 (“of a crime: more serious than the lesser crime that the perpetrator intended to commit instead”) are influenced by Portuguese preterintencional, Spanish preterintencional, etc.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌpɹitəɹˌɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃ(ə)nəl/
- British English: /ˌpɹiːtəɹˌɪnˈtɛnʃn̩(ə)l/
Derived Forms
Frequently Paired Words
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