inadvertencyn.
/ɪnədˈvəːtənsi/ a. The quality or character of being inadvertent; heedlessness; also = inadvertence n.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or heedlessness
rechelesteOE
yemelestc897
recklessnessOE
unbeseyness?c1225
yemeleaschipec1230
unmindinga1382
negligencec1390
rechelesshipc1390
recklessheadc1410
unadvertance1483
unheediness1486
unmindfulnessa1500
non-advertencec1540
carelessness1561
inadvertence1568
heedlessness1581
unheedfulness1586
inadvertency1592
inobservance1611
regardlessness1611
indiligence1636
unattentivenessa1649
inanimadvertency1650
non-advertency1653
unadvertency1655
inanimadvertence1656
disregard1661
inanimadversion1676
non-attendancya1677
inobservancy1677
unattention1691
inattention1710
inobservation1727
inattentiveness1753
tentlessness1883
1592 Queen Elizabeth I in Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors (1845) II. xlvi. 168 If any person speak ill of the Emperor through a foolish rashness or inadvertency, it is to be despised.
1647 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. Psalms in Tracts (1727) 460 If through inadvertency or unskilfulness they know not how to ask.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Pref. (ad fin.) Sudden fits of inadvertency will surprize vigilance.
1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xi. 46 Defects..which might creep in through error and inadvertency.
b. with an and plural = inadvertence n. b.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > negligence > oversight, omission, or negligence > instance of
oversight1531
overscape1581
overslip1584
preterition1609
neglect1611
inanimadvertence1656
inanimadversion1676
inadvertency1702
inadvertence1725
overlook1858
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 84 It was a fatal Inadvertency that these Canons..had been ever Seen by the Assembly.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xxvii. 149 Forgive my inadvertencies!
1866 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Exodus vii. 6 Grave inadvertencies into which they are betrayed.
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