undesigned

Happening by chance

Undesigned means not planned or intentional—happening by accident or without forethought: an undesigned consequence of the policy, The meeting was entirely undesigned.

The word appears most often in formal or literary contexts.

In religious and philosophical writing, undesigned sometimes contrasts with designed to question whether something shows evidence of intentional creation.

accidental

unplanned

Not arranged beforehand

chanceLikelihood of occurrence
coincidentalOccurring together by luck
fortuitousHappening by lucky chance

serendipitous · random · haphazard · inadvertent · unintended · fluky · unexpected · unforeseen · incidental · unpremeditated

spontaneous

improvised

Created without prior planning

impromptuWithout advance preparation
extemporaneousDone without advance preparation
ad-libUnscripted speech or remark

offhand · unrehearsed · unscripted · freeform · unstudied · uncontrived · unforced · artless · guileless · unstaged

unintentional

inadvertent

Done without intention

unwittingNot aware or conscious
unconsciousNot awake or aware
involuntaryNot under conscious control

unthinking · accidental · unmeant · unbidden · automatic · reflexive · knee-jerk · thoughtless · mechanical · subliminal

natural

organic

From living matter

wildNot domesticated or controlled
untouchedNot contacted or affected
pristinePure and untouched

unspoiled · raw · native · innate · inherent · instinctive · unaltered · untamed · uncultivated · primordial

Opposites

intentionality

undesigneddesigned

Created according to plan

intentional · deliberate · purposeful · planned · premeditated

craftsmanship

undesignedfashioned

Created by shaping

crafted · engineered · constructed · architected · devised

Family

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G