inadvertent
English
editEtymology
editBack-formation from inadvertence and inadvertency.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɪnədˈvɜːtn̩t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪnədˈvɝtn̩t/
- Hyphenation: in‧ad‧ver‧tent
Audio (US): (file)
Adjective
editinadvertent (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
editTranslations
editnot intentional
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Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French inadvertant.
Adjective
editinadvertent m or n (feminine singular inadvertentă, masculine plural inadvertenți, feminine and neuter plural inadvertente)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||||||
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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 |
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