Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inadvertent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inadvertent \In`ad*vert"ent\, a. [Cf. F. inadvertant. See 2d
{In-}, and {Advert}.]
Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless;
negligent; inattentive.
An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at
evening in the public path. --Cowper.
-- {In`ad*vert"ent*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inadvertent
adj : without intention; especially resulting from heedless
action; "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase
off the table"; "accidental poisoning";"an accidental
shooting" [syn: {accidental}]
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