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Meanings of unforeseen consequences in English

Russian
непреднамеренные последствия
Spanish
consecuencias imprevistas
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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.

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непреднамеренные последствия
Usage of unforeseen consequences in English
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However, he says, there may be unforeseen consequences if they are successful.
BBC
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Others warn that the technologies are unproven and could have unforeseen consequences.
BBC
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This was all very well; but there were other and unforeseen consequences.
The Net
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Such an event would have unforeseen consequences for the global economy and financial markets.
Reuters
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However, we are now tackling the unforeseen consequences associated with high dialysate sodium prescriptions.
Pubmed
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It also seeks to ensure that agreements would not have unintended and unforeseen consequences.
The Irish Times
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The act would almost immediately have grave and unforeseen consequences.
Hero: the life and legend of lawrence of arabia
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But many are cautious about the unforeseen consequences of this.
Reuters
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Releasing the Shrike into the Web will have unforeseen consequences.
The Hyperion Cantos
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The law of unforeseen consequences was still in effect.
Acts of faith
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At the core of the whole Cambridge Analytica and Facebook scandal is this: unforeseen consequences.
The Irish Times
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Wouldn't there still be awful mistakes and unforeseen consequences?
Existence
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The unforeseen consequences of developers creating a huge platform fuelled by the gathering of personal data.
The Irish Times
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But the involvement of foreign jurisdictions in disputes sometimes has unforeseen consequences, as the Jeju case showed.
Reuters
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Mark Daly said the Brexit crisis showed the unforeseen consequences of holding a referendum without proper preliminary steps.
The Irish Times
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The Association of British Insurers said the planned reform could have unforeseen consequences for the commercial insurance market.
Reuters
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