Outcomes that are not the ones intended or foreseen by a purposeful action, resulting from a variety of reasons, including the world's inherent complexity as well as cognitive or emotional biases.
Managing a budget can be a daunting prospect, and fraught with unanticipatedconsequences for many people.
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The technology can also have unanticipatedconsequences.
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However, mounting evidence shows unanticipatedconsequences of continuous-flow support, such as acquired aortic valve insufficiency and acquired von Willebrand syndrome.
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IN 1936, Robert Merton published a seminal paper entitled "The UnanticipatedConsequences of Purposive Social Action" in the American Sociological Review.