inadvertent
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adjective \-tənt\Definition of INADVERTENT
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: not focusing the mind on a matter : inattentive
See Examples of INADVERTENT
- <an inadvertent encounter with a rattlesnake in the brush>
Origin of INADVERTENT
back-formation from inadvertence
First Known Use: 1653
Related to INADVERTENT
- Synonyms
- casual, chance, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, accidental, incidental, unintended, unintentional, unplanned, unpremeditated, unwitting
- Antonyms
- calculated, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, premeditative, prepense, set
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