This differs from collateral damage which specifically applies to only unintentional effects of military action including unintended casualties.

The missiles didn't have to miss to inflict unintended casualties.

And while our strikes are focused on Iraq's military capabilities, there will be unintended Iraqi casualties.

It's true that wars always cause unintended civilian casualties.

On the other hand, there would be many unintended casualties of Labour's plans.

There is no moral equivalency between the targeting of civilians and unintended civilian casualties as a result of defensive action.

The team has reviewed "several scores" of reports and acknowledged a handful of bomb malfunctions that have led to unintended casualties.

But in a larger sense, they are the unintended casualties of China's 12-year-old "one-child policy."

Sometimes, however, attacking from all sides causes unintended casualties.

"That wavering is a combination of concern about the unintended casualties and that the public doesn't think we're winning."