Meaning of INADVERTENT
| Pronunciation: | | `inud'vurtnt
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| | Definition: | | [adj] without intention; especially resulting from heedless action; "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning";"an accidental shooting" |
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| | Synonyms: | | accidental, unintended |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In`ad*vert"ent\, a. [Cf. F. inadvertant. See 2d
{In-}, and {Advert}.]
Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless;
negligent; inattentive.
An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at
evening in the public path. --Cowper.
-- {In`ad*vert"ent*ly}, adv.
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| | Related Terms: | | arbitrary, automatic, capricious, careless, casual, culpably negligent, derelict, disregardant, disregardful, distracted, distrait, feckless, gut, heedless, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-devised, inattentive, inconsiderate, incurious, indeliberate, indifferent, inobservant, involuntary, laissez-faire, lax, loose, neglectful, neglecting, negligent, noninterfering, nonrestrictive, off-guard, overly permissive, permissive, procrastinating, reasonless, reflex, reflexive, regardless, relaxed, remiss, scamping, skimping, slack, slighting, slurring, snap, spontaneous, thoughtless, unadvised, uncalculated, uncalculating, uncaring, uncircumspect, unconscious, unconsidered, undeliberate, undeliberated, undesigned, undevised, unguarded, unheedful, unheeding, unintended, unintentional, unmarking, unmeditated, unmindful, unnoticing, unnoting, unobservant, unobserving, unplanned, unpremeditated, unpurposed, unreasoning, unreflecting, unreflective, unremarking, unrigorous, unstudied, unthinking, unthought, unthoughtful, unwary, unwatchful, unwilled, wrecking |
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