inadvertent

English

Etymology

Back-formation from inadvertence and inadvertency.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnədˈvɜːtn̩t/
• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnədˈvɝtn̩t/
• Hyphenation: in‧ad‧ver‧tent

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Adjective

inadvertent (not comparable)

1. Not intentional; not on purpose; not conscious.

   We check everything because an inadvertent error could be disastrous.

2. (obsolete) Inattentive.
   • 1729, Joseph Addison, The Spectator (page 119)

     […] over-reach'd any innocent and inadvertent Man of his Purse.

Related terms

• advert
• inadvertently
• advertent

Translations

not intentional

• Bulgarian: небрежен (bg) (nebrežen), нехаен (bg) (nehaen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 疏忽的, 漫不经心的, 粗心大意的

• Danish: utilsigtet
• Dutch: onopzettelijk (nl)
• Finnish: tahaton (fi)
• French: involontaire (fr) m or f
• German: versehentlich (de), irrtümlich (de), unbeabsichtigt (de)
• Icelandic: óviljandi
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: involontario (it)
• Manx: neurioosagh
• Maori: pokerehū
• Norwegian: utilsiktet
• Portuguese: inadvertido
• Russian: неумышленный (ru) (neumyšlennyj), нечаянный (ru) (nečajannyj)
• Spanish: involuntario (es)
• Swedish: oavsiktlig (sv)