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Inadvertent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Not duly attentive.

adj. Marked by unintentional lack of care. See Synonyms at careless.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. not intentional; not on purpose; not conscious

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Not properly attentive; heedless; careless; negligent.

Unconscious; unintentional; accidental.

Synonyms Inattentive, unobservant, thoughtless.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally

Word Usage

""In times of organizational change or chaos, we're much more likely to see those kinds of leaks -- what I call inadvertent disclosures," Dartmouth College management professor Eric Johnson says."

Equivalent

unintended

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

heedless careless negligent inattentive

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

unintentional accidental involuntary unauthorized unintended