01 n. The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence.
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The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence.“Inadvertency, or lack of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers.” — Jer. Taylor.
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An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence.“The productions of a great genius, with many lapses an inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to works of an inferior kind of author which are scrupulously exact.” — Addison.
Syn.
Inattention; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence; thoughtlessness. See Inattention.