as in accidental
happening by chance
an inadvertent encounter with a rattlesnake in the brush
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Recent Examples of inadvertent
Eklund is now recovering from the inadvertent cut during a tune-up game between Sweden and the Czech Republic on Saturday in advance of the IIHF World Championships, which begin later this week with Eklund’s hometown of Stockholm being a co-host.
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Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 5 May 2025
What to look for: The brick and stone walls are nearly three feet thick in places and are designed to withstand any inadvertent ammunition explosions.
—Arkansas Online, 2 May 2025
The scenario has played out in American communities for years -- sometimes resulting from bad intelligence, others from inadvertent officer errors -- often leaving property damaged and families traumatized.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
Plastic harms human health and life quality well beyond inadvertent microplastic consumption.
—Genia Naro MacIel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
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Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 5 May 2025
What to look for: The brick and stone walls are nearly three feet thick in places and are designed to withstand any inadvertent ammunition explosions.
—Arkansas Online, 2 May 2025
The scenario has played out in American communities for years -- sometimes resulting from bad intelligence, others from inadvertent officer errors -- often leaving property damaged and families traumatized.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
Plastic harms human health and life quality well beyond inadvertent microplastic consumption.
—Genia Naro MacIel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inadvertent
accidental
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The coroner found that no foul play was involved, and that his death was accidental.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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The accidental shooting unfolded on Wednesday inside an apartment in northeast D.C., located on 1700 block of Benning Road.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2025
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“Inadvertent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inadvertent. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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