inadvertent

  • 21inadvertent — adjective not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning. Derivatives inadvertence noun inadvertency noun inadvertently adverb Origin C17: from in 1 + L. advertent , advertere turn the mind to …

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  • 22inadvertent — a. Inattentive, thoughtless, careless, heedless, inconsiderate, unobservant, negligent …

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  • 23inadvertent — adj 1. inattentive, unmindful, heedless, unheeding, unobservant, unobserving, disregard ful, regardless. 2. inconsiderate, thoughtless, unthinking, unreasoning, unreflecting, absent minded; careless, uncircum spect, unwary; slack, lax, loose;… …

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  • 24inadvertent — in·ad·ver·tent …

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  • 25inadvertent — See: inadvertently …

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  • 26inadvertent — See inadvertence …

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  • 27inadvertent — adj. 1 (of an action) unintentional. 2 a not properly attentive. b negligent. Derivatives: inadvertence n. inadvertency n. inadvertently adv. Etymology: IN (1) + obs. advertent attentive (as ADVERT(2)) …

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  • 28Inadvertent power exchange —   An unintended power exchange among utilities that is either not previously agreed upon or in an amount different from the amount agreed upon.   U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …

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  • 29Inadvertently — Inadvertent In ad*vert ent, a. [Cf. F. inadvertant. See 2d {In }, and {Advert}.] Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive. [1913 Webster] An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the… …

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  • 30Miscarriage — Inadvertent loss of a pregnancy before the fetus is viable. A considerable proportion of pregnancies end in miscarriage. Also called a * * * Spontaneous expulsion of the products of pregnancy before the middle of the second trimester. SYN:… …

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