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[ in-uhd-vur-tnt ] / ˌɪn ədˈvɜr tnt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR inadvertent ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveunintentional: an inadvertent insult. not attentive; heedless. of, relating to, or characterized by lack of attention. Origin of inadvertent1645–55; abstracted from inadvertence, inadvertency; see -ent SYNONYMS FOR inadvertent2 inattentive. 3 thoughtless, careless, negligent. SEE SYNONYMS FOR inadvertent ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM inadvertentin·ad·vert·ent·ly, adverbWords nearby inadvertentin a dither, inadmissible, in advance, inadvertence, inadvertency, inadvertent, inadvertently, inadvisable, -inae, in aeternum, in a fix Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for inadvertentDespite the inadvertent hilarity, the real marvel of our mobile text-correction systems is how astoundingly good they are. The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, July 26, 2014|The Daily Beast|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST There are a number of inadvertent and purposeful ways for universities to skew their Clery Act numbers. No Rapes On Campus? No Way.|Emily Shire|July 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST However, the tapped confabs gave investigators an inadvertent window on apparently shady dealings of an entirely different nature. France’s Ex-Prez Sarkozy Placed Under Formal Investigation for Corruption|Tracy McNicoll|July 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Soon Lehrer was owning up to what he claimed were inadvertent errors. How a Freelance Journalist Unraveled Jonah Lehrer’s Lies|Howard Kurtz|August 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Posner insisted to the end that the mistakes were inadvertent. How a Freelance Journalist Unraveled Jonah Lehrer’s Lies|Howard Kurtz|August 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST Destruction, the inadvertent incident of haste, or the concomitant of clumsy accoutrements, seemed to attend their steps. The Storm Centre|Charles Egbert Craddock Shirley smiled at this inadvertent betrayal of the system: wire tapping with science. The Voice on the Wire|Eustace Hale Ball Fanny giggled at this inadvertent speech; but Zoe's feelings were too deeply engaged to shoot fun flying. The Woman-Hater|Charles Reade He had gone into an inadvertent spin, the unforgivable sin in a flight test. Test Pilot|David Goodger (goodger@python.org) And that "yes" even if inadvertent, was equivalent I considered, to sign and seal. My Friend the Chauffeur|C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
British Dictionary definitions for inadvertent
adjectivefailing to act carefully or considerately; inattentive resulting from heedless action; unintentional Derived forms of inadvertentinadvertently, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to inadvertentunintentional, unintended, careless, unwitting, reckless, chance, feckless, heedless, negligent, thoughtless, uncaring, unconcerned, unheeding, unmindful, unplanned, unpremeditated, unthinking, undesigned, undevised, unthought |