inadvertent
English edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from inadvertence and inadvertency.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɪnədˈvɜːtn̩t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪnədˈvɝtn̩t/
- Hyphenation: in‧ad‧ver‧tent
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Adjective edit
inadvertent (not comparable)
- Not intentional; not on purpose; not conscious.
- We check everything because an inadvertent error could be disastrous.
- (obsolete) Inattentive.
- 1712 October 8, Joseph Addison, The Spectator, number 504, page 119:
- 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.
Synonyms edit
- (not intentional): designless, unintended, accidental; see also Thesaurus:unintentional
- (inattentive): absent-minded, distracted
Related terms edit
Translations edit
not intentional
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French inadvertant.
Adjective edit
inadvertent m or n (feminine singular inadvertentă, masculine plural inadvertenți, feminine and neuter plural inadvertente)
Declension edit
Declension of inadvertent
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | inadvertent | inadvertentă | inadvertenți | inadvertente | ||
| definite | inadvertentul | inadvertenta | inadvertenții | inadvertentele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | inadvertent | inadvertente | inadvertenți | inadvertente | ||
| definite | inadvertentului | inadvertentei | inadvertenților | inadvertentelor | |||