Antonyms for intended

Grammar : Adj

Spell : in-ten-did

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtɛn dɪd

unfixed

Definition of intended

Origin : c.1300, "direct one's attention to," from Old French entendre, intendre "to direct one's attention" (in Modern French principally "to hear"), from Latin intendere "turn one's attention, strain," literally "stretch out, extend," from in- "toward" (see in- (2)) + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). Sense of "have as a plan" (late 14c.) was present in Latin. A Germanic word for this was ettle, from Old Norse ætla "to think, conjecture, propose," from Proto-Germanic *ahta "consideration, attention" (cf. Old English eaht, German acht). Intended (n.) "one's intended husband or wife" is from 1767.

adj engaged; destined

Example sentences :

This request he intended to refuse, and enjoyed in advance the humiliation of young Rushton.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

It has been the accumulation of years, and was intended as a provision for you and Robert.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

His last letter gives no clue to the track he intended to pursue.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

Each step, while it was intended to be the last, only made some other last step needful.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

He had not intended this; it seemed hardly his fault: his intentions had been good, or at least not bad.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

There was only one possible meaning; he intended to use fire.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

All I intended by the first, I believe, I honestly told you at the time.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

All of which Andy heard, and he knew that Buck Heath intended him to hear them.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

They ask not for my approbation, intended, as it should seem, to suppose me into their will.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

The bullets of Allister and Clune might have gone home— they were intended to kill, not to wound.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Synonyms for intended

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