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Webster 1828 Edition
Inadvertence
INADVERT'ENCE
Definition 2024
inadvertence
inadvertence
English
Noun
inadvertence (countable and uncountable, plural inadvertences)
- The state or quality of being inadvertent; inadvertency; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence.
- Many mistakes proceed from inadvertence.
- Inadvertency, or want of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers. — Jeremy Taylor.
- An effect or result of inattention; an oversight or mistake from negligence.