unintended consequences

Sprache: de

📖 Definitionen

Unbeabsichtigte Folgen

EN: Results or effects of an action, policy, or decision that were not planned or foreseen, often having an unexpected or negative impact.

💬 Beispiele

The new policy had several unintended consequences that actually made the situation worse.

Die neue Richtlinie hatte mehrere unbeabsichtigte Folgen, die die Situation tatsächlich verschlimmerten.