Trees dripping with Spanish moss and pelicans also seem to convey the surely unintended message that America's origins were in a swamp.

Pass-fail experiments often sent students the unintended message that nobody really cared if they did well.

The unintended message here is that 25 years of Federal intervention on behalf of affirmative action has made no difference.

An unintended message of the hour is that if you must gamble, you're better off in Atlantic City than on the lottery-ticket line.

Subtle components of a story might give an unintended message that there are rewards from suicide, such as getting attention or getting back at someone, she said.

Second, the presence of a support teacher in the classroom can convey unintended messages to children and teachers.

"Sun Rings" sends the perhaps unintended message that space is a lot more interesting than the humans traveling through it.

For its unintended message was that one could survive quite well and undisturbed in captivity as long as one behaved 'correctly'.

Perhaps the unintended message of "Almost Home" is that the only authentic approach to "community" today is to take comfort in being home alone.

Color is another cue that can send an unintended message.