Timeline for Is there a word for the opposite of an intended effect? [duplicate]
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| Jun 29, 2021 at 14:21 | history | closed | tchrist♦ single-word-requests Users with the single-word-requests badge or a synonym can single-handedly close single-word-requests questions as duplicates and reopen them as needed. | Duplicate of Is there a word for when an action has an effect opposite to the one intended? | |
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| Mar 18, 2017 at 20:04 | history | edited | alwayslearning |
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| Feb 21, 2017 at 23:31 | comment | added | miltonaut | @m69 You have 101 reputation; you should be able to post an answer now. | |
| Feb 21, 2017 at 22:41 | answer | added | Michael Durrant | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 21, 2017 at 9:54 | answer | added | Jesvin Jose | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 20, 2017 at 16:33 | comment | added | paparazzo | Not to name events but a country might go in to stabilize a region and what happens is even nastier people come into power and things get worse. | |
| Feb 20, 2017 at 15:30 | answer | added | htmlcoderexe | timeline score: 17 | |
| Feb 20, 2017 at 15:27 | history | protected | MetaEd | ||
| Feb 20, 2017 at 14:45 | answer | added | MonkeyZeus | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 20, 2017 at 11:15 | answer | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 20, 2017 at 9:57 | comment | added | AndyT | @Cruncher - The word you're thinking of is oxymoronic. | |
| Feb 20, 2017 at 8:50 | comment | added | Mr Lister | From the question title I thought you were looking for a verb, and I thought, backfire. But that's not the kind of word you were looking for apparently. | |
| Feb 20, 2017 at 4:53 | comment | added | aparente001 | Counter (or contrary) to expectations. | |
| Feb 19, 2017 at 22:19 | comment | added | barbecue | Unexpected could be the opposite, but could also be something completely different. If I push a chair and the chair moves towards me instead of away, that's opposite of expectation. If the chair transforms into an albatross and flies around the room, that's unexpected, but not opposite of expectation. | |
| Feb 19, 2017 at 22:16 | answer | added | barbecue | timeline score: 6 | |
| Feb 19, 2017 at 19:54 | comment | added | Cruncher | Maybe even oxymoronous? | |
| Feb 19, 2017 at 18:17 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/833379942494773249 | ||
| Feb 19, 2017 at 17:40 | answer | added | Richard Kayser | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 19, 2017 at 17:38 | answer | added | Papa Poule | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 19, 2017 at 17:36 | answer | added | Robert Strawn | timeline score: 34 | |
| Feb 19, 2017 at 16:52 | comment | added | Mitch | "Unexpected" does describe "the direct opposite of an intended effect" | |
| Feb 19, 2017 at 16:45 | answer | added | Koen vd H | timeline score: 23 | |
| Feb 19, 2017 at 16:28 | answer | added | Y.S. | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 19, 2017 at 13:51 | comment | added | OJFord | I'm not answering because it's not actually anything like an opposite of 'intended effect', but idiomatically the end of that sentence is: 'That's so typical[ of me]!' (It usually of course isn't typical, but conveys annoyance at oneself for doing daft things.) | |
| Feb 19, 2017 at 13:24 | answer | added | alwayslearning | timeline score: 25 | |
| Feb 19, 2017 at 13:17 | comment | added | alwayslearning | I have edited the question and added the example sentence mentioned in your comment. Feel free to undo/refine the edit. | |
| Feb 19, 2017 at 13:17 | history | edited | alwayslearning | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 19, 2017 at 13:09 | comment | added | miltonaut | @alwayslearning "I got 8 hours of sleep but I'm more tired than when I went to sleep. That's so _____." Does that work? | |
| Feb 19, 2017 at 11:19 | comment | added | alwayslearning | Can you add the customary example sentence required for an SWR? | |
| Feb 19, 2017 at 10:50 | answer | added | k1eran | timeline score: 25 | |
| Feb 19, 2017 at 10:25 | history | asked | miltonaut | CC BY-SA 3.0 |