Word family noun intent intention adjective intended ≠ unintended intentional ≠ unintentional intent verb intend adverb intentionally ≠ unintentionally
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishintentionalin‧ten‧tion‧al /ɪnˈtenʃənəl/ ●●○ adjective DELIBERATELYdone deliberately and usually intended to cause harm SYN deliberate OPP unintentional I did trip him, but it wasn’t intentional. —intentionally adverb intentionally vague promisesExamples from the Corpus
intentional• If their advertisements are shocking, this is entirely intentional.• The jury has to decide whether the killing was an intentional act.• The damage was not intentional but I was still annoyed.• an intentional violation of the tax laws 