Meaning of INADVERTENCE
Pronunciation: | | `inud'vurtns
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- [n] the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
- [n] an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
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| Synonyms: | | heedlessness, inadvertency, oversight, unmindfulness |
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| Antonyms: | | heedfulness, mindfulness | |
| See Also: | | attentiveness, omission | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \In`ad*vert"ence\; pl. {-ces}, Inadvertency
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| Related Terms: | | absentmindedness, balk, bevue, carelessness, culpa, culpable negligence, default, dereliction, disregard, disregardfulness, distraction, failure, false move, false step, flightiness, flippancy, frivolousness, giddiness, heedlessness, inadvertency, inattention, inattentiveness, inconsideration, incuriosity, indifference, inobservance, laches, laissez-faire, lapse, lapsus calami, lapsus linguae, laxity, laxness, levity, lightmindedness, loose thread, looseness, miscue, misstep, neglect, neglectfulness, negligence, nonfeasance, noninterference, nonobservance, nonperformance, nonrestriction, obliviousness, omission, overlooking, oversight, permissiveness, poor stewardship, procrastination, regardlessness, remissness, shallowness, slackness, slight, slip, slipup, stumble, superficiality, thoughtlessness, trip, unalertness, unawareness, unconsciousness, unheedfulness, unintentiveness, unmindfulness, unobservance, unrigorousness, unwariness, unwatchfulness, wrong step |
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