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
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Leak Investigation 1 appears to have stemmed from mistake, inadvertency and laziness.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2025
Mr. Norton truly grieved at his inadvertency in disturbing the household at this late hour of the night, begged pardon, and told Mrs. McNab he would not be guilty of a like offence.
From Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick by Savage, Mrs. William T.
His sorrow and amazement increased upon him, till he recollected, that, through hurry and inadvertency, he had that morning come abroad without washing his hands.
From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton
Quotation mistakes, inadvertency, expedition and human Lapses, may make not only Moles but Warts in learned Authors, who notwithstanding, being judged by the capital matter, admit not of disparagement.
From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by Hoar, George Frisbie
Vices of adoption are of all others the most unpardonable, for they have not inadvertency to plead.
From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton
On the trip, by a series of stumbling inadvertencies, he runs down a murder story and falls in love.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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 Buehler, Huber Gray
But the impression left by this and others of Mrs. Haywood's works is that the fair novelist was not so much interested in preventing the inadvertencies of her sex as in exposing them.
From The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood by Whicher, George Frisbie
I do not suppose the passage corrupt: such inadvertencies neither author nor editor can escape.
From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Sherbo, Arthur
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