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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
inadvertence
n 1: omission resulting from failure to notice something [syn: {oversight}]
2: the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
[syn: {unmindfulness}, {heedlessness}, {inadvertency}]
[ant: {mindfulness}, {mindfulness}]
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