preterintentional
adjUK /ˌpɹiː.təɹˌɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/
Etymology From preter- + intentional.
1
Law Of a crime: more serious than the lesser crime that the perpetrator intended to commit instead.
- The number of intentional homicides and preterintentional homicides reported are^([sic]) available for 1900-1939 and 1946-47.1953, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers, volume 7, page 355: