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/ˌɪnədvˈərtəns/ /ˌɪnædvˈərtəns/ Listen

noun

Inadvertency, Inadvertence n.

The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence. "Inadvertency, or lack of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers."

An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence. "The productions of a great genius, with many lapses an inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to works of an inferior kind of author which are scrupulously exact."

Synonyms: Inattention; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence; thoughtlessness. See Inattention.

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Etymology of 'Inadvertence'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... was silent regarding it. (Vol. ii. p. 512.) D'Herbelot has likewise called attention to the same fact. (Bibl. Orient. vol. iii. p. 308.) This omission is not to be explained by ascribing it to mere inadvertence. The interest of the Greeks and Romans was naturally excited to discover the country which produced a luxury so rare as to be a suitable gift for a king; and so costly, that a crown of cinnamon tipped with gold was a becoming offering to the gods. ...

— Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and • James Emerson Tennent

... the cathedral library at Vercelli in Italy a good many years ago. It contains twenty-two sermons in Anglo-Saxon, and six poems, among which is our beautiful "Dream of the Holy Rood." Perhaps some English pilgrim or pilgrims, on the way to Rome, left this book as a gift, or through inadvertence, at the hospice where hospitality had been received. Or perhaps Cardinal Guala, who was over here in the days of John and of Henry III, bought the book for his library at Vercelli. Or perhaps it ...

— Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days • Emily Hickey

... before my mind, every incident. Life is full of incidents, only our intelligence is not always sufficiently trained to perceive them; and the incident I am about to mention was important in the life I am describing. Miss Tubbs had asked me what wine I would drink. And in a moment of inadvertence I said "Vin Ordinaire," forgetting that the two shillings the wine would cost would probably mean that Miss Tubbs would very likely have to go without her cup of tea at five o'clock next day in order that her expenditure ...

— Memoirs of My Dead Life • George Moore

... for having so nearly shot the "Favourite of the Glen" through inadvertence! I explain that I came out deerstalking, and did not expect, of course, to come across a perfectly tame and ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 99, Sept. 27, 1890 • Various

... member inadvertently spoils a ballot paper he may return it to the returning officer, who shall, if satisfied of such inadvertence, give him another paper and retain the spoiled paper, and this spoiled paper shall be immediately cancelled, and the fact of such cancellation shall ...

— Proportional Representation - A Study in Methods of Election • John H. Humphreys

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