inadvertence
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French inadvertance.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]inadvertence (countable and uncountable, plural inadvertences)
- The state or quality of being inadvertent; inadvertency; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence.
- Many mistakes proceed from inadvertence.
- 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.
Translations
[edit]negligence
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