inadvertence

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English

Etymology

From Middle French inadvertance.

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Noun

inadvertence (countable and uncountable, plural inadvertences)

  1. The state or quality of being inadvertent; inadvertency; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence.
    Many mistakes proceed from inadvertence.
  2. An effect or result of inattention; an oversight or mistake from negligence.
    • 1990, Gerald Burns, A thing about language, page 64:
      The size is an inadvertence like the tailor's stitches, to allow a style to emerge.

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