inadvertency
Americannoun
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inadvertencies
plural
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Etymology
Origin of inadvertency
1585–95; < Medieval Latin inadvertentia, equivalent to Latin in- in- 3 + advert- turn to ( see advert 1) + -entia -ency
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Leak Investigation 1 appears to have stemmed from mistake, inadvertency and laziness.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2025
The worst is, he's simple-minded, and might betray it through sheer inadvertency.
From Trevlyn Hold by Mrs. Henry Wood
This unjust view has been adopted by the British Government and writers, and also, doubtless from inadvertency, by some distinguished authors in the United States.
From The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery by Travers Twiss
Now, through his own inadvertency, he had rushed, as he believed, into the jaws of the pest.
From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
Their father is the most intimate friend they have, and they always consult him rather than any other, when any error has happened in their conduct through youth and inadvertency.
From The Tatler, Volume 3 by Various
Indeed, in our era of carefully crafted images, these electronic inadvertencies and other unmasked asides carried out of the White House by listeners form a valuable body of presidential lore.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the trip, by a series of stumbling inadvertencies, he runs down a murder story and falls in love.
From Time Magazine Archive
It would be unwise, as well as ungrateful, to judge severely of the inadvertencies, or even of the negligence of such persons: nothing but weighty causes should justify such a course.
From Reflections on the Decline of Science in England by Charles Babbage
"Shut up!" "—it is one of the strangest inadvertencies you ever heard of, Mr. Bullard, but the fact remains that, eighteen months ago, I delivered to you—not the originals but copies—" Bullard wheeled round.
From Till the Clock Stops by J. J. (John Joy) Bell
Good use is decided by the prevailing usage of the writers whose works make up permanent English literature, not by their inadvertencies.
From Practical Exercises in English by Huber Gray Buehler
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