inadvertency
Americannoun
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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
Example Sentences
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Leak Investigation 1 appears to have stemmed from mistake, inadvertency and laziness.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2025
But no word, no phrase, nothing even of all that he had left unsaid sprang up before his horrified eyes to choke him with a sense of inadequacy, or inadvertency, or trespass.
From Pearl of Pearl Island by Oxenham, John
We think not; and we think there is in the construction itself proof positive to the inadvertency.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various
An error of no small magnitude, and which could not have been owing to inadvertency.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
The worst is, he's simple-minded, and might betray it through sheer inadvertency.
From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry
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