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Inadvertence definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INADVERT'ENCE
INADVERT'ENCY, n. [L. in and advertens, adverto. See Advert.]
1. A not turning the mind to; inattention; negligence; heedlessness. Many mistakes and some misfortunes proceed from inadvertence.
2. The effect of inattention; any oversight,mistake or fault which proceeds from negligence of thought.
The productions of a great genius, with many lapses and inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to works of an inferior kind of author.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something [syn: oversight, inadvertence]
2: the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities [syn: unmindfulness, heedlessness, inadvertence, inadvertency] [ant: heedfulness, mindfulness]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin inadvertentia, from Latin in- + advertent-, advertens, present participle of advertere to advert Date: 15th century 1. the fact or action of being inadvertent 2. a result of inattention ; oversight

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Inadvertence In`ad*vert"ence; pl. -ces, Inadvertency In`ad*vert"en*cy; pl. -cies, n. [Cf. F. inadvertance.] 1. The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence. Inadvertency, or want of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers. --Jer. Taylor. 2. An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence. The productions of a great genius, with many lapses an inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to works of an inferior kind of author which are scrupulously exact. --Addison. Syn: Inattention; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence; thoughtlessness. See Inattention.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n.; (also inadvertency) 1. Inattention, inconsiderateness, carelessness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness, negligence. 2. Oversight, slip, blunder, error from inattention.

Moby Thesaurus

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