Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.

Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place.

For the U.S., as the largest player in the global environment, unintended consequences are magnified.

Oh, the unintended consequences of perfidy!

We believe that are some unintended consequences of the ruling and we think there are better ways to achieve the judge's intent without the consequences.

from The Ninja and The Diplomat (coming in September 2015)--As an unintended but ineluctable consequence of the one child policy, he and his wife, like most of his generation and those succeeding, consisted of only children; hence his family included no aunts or uncles, no cousins, and no nieces or nephews. The Chinese family had lost an immeasurable dimension of richness.