inadvertence
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French inadvertance.
Noun[edit]
inadvertence (countable and uncountable, plural inadvertences)
- The state or quality of being inadvertent; inadvertency; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence.
- Many mistakes proceed from inadvertence.
- An effect or result of inattention; an oversight or mistake from negligence.
- 1990, Gerald Burns, A thing about language, page 64:
- The size is an inadvertence like the tailor's stitches, to allow a style to emerge.
Translations[edit]
negligence
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