inadvertency Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
unmindfulness; heedlessness; inadvertence.
WordNet
In`ad*vert"ence, In`ad*vert"en*cy noun
(Also<
- Inadvertence
- Inadvertency
)
Etymology
Cf. F.Wordforms
Definitions
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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.
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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 .
