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Definition
a result of something (often an undesired side effect)
- The customers never knew whether they'd get exactly what they'd paid for; in addition to which, there were too many unintended consequences.p. 304.5
- The whole world is now one vast uncontrolled experiment — the way it always was, Crake would have said — and the doctrine of unintended consequences is in full spate.p. 228.6
- Endless high-grade sex, no consequences.p. 295.4
There are no more uses of "consequence" in Oryx and Crake.
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