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inadvertent, a.|ɪnədˈvɜːtənt|
[f. in-3 + advertent.]
1. Of persons, their dispositions, etc.: Not properly attentive or observant; inattentive, negligent; heedless. In quot. 1653, Not having the faculty of observation.
1653H. More Antid. Ath. ii. v. §3. 53 The effects of an inadvertent form (λόγος ἔνυλος) of materiated or incorporated art or seminal reason. 1681–6J. Scott Chr. Life (1747) III. vii. 89 If we are not wilfully deaf and inadvertent to it. 1694Kettlewell Comp. Penitent 124 Whose unconstant Temper..is supine and inadvertent. 1718Freethinker No. 21 ⁋5 A Volume is thrown away upon the Inadvertent. 1863J. G. Murphy Comm. Gen. i. 3 Inadvertent critics object to God being described as speaking, or performing any other act that is proper only to the human frame.
2. Of actions, etc.: Characterized by want of attention or taking notice; hence, unintentional.
1724Swift Advice Grand Jury Wks. 1761 III. 81 If such a writer should in one or two places happen to let fall an inadvertent expression. 1784Cowper Task vi. 564 An inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at evening in the public path. 1870Lowell Study Wind. 2 Another secret charm of this book is inadvertent humor.
Hence inadˈvertentness (Bailey vol. II, 1727). |