inadvertent

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
18
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˌɪnədˈvɜːtn̩t/
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/ˌɪnədˈvɜːtn̩t/ · /ˌɪnədˈvɝtn̩t/

Definition of inadvertent

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Not intentional; not on purpose; not conscious.
    “We check everything because an inadvertent error could be disastrous.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Not intentional; not on purpose; not conscious.
    “We check everything because an inadvertent error could be disastrous.”
  2. (not-comparable, obsolete)Inattentive.
    “The Sharpers about Town very ingeniously understood themselves to be the undesigning Part of Mankind what Foxes are to Lambs, and therefore used the Word Biting to express any Exploit wherein they had over-reach'd any innocent and inadvertent Man of his Purse.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin inadvertēns.

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