👉 In linguistics, "unintentional" refers to a situation where an action or statement is unintentionally taken by someone. This can be defined as an action that was not planned or intended at all. It's like when you accidentally step on someone else's foot and it seems like they didn't notice it. For example, if you're trying to teach a child to read, but the child doesn't understand that you're reading them from a book, this is considered an unintentional