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inadvertent

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of inadvertent

happening by chance

an inadvertent encounter with a rattlesnake in the brush

Synonyms of inadvertent

accidental, casual, chance, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, incidental, unintended, unintentional, unplanned, unpremeditated, unwitting

Words Related to inadvertent

aimless, arbitrary, desultory, haphazard, random

uncertain, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen

coerced, forced, involuntary

unconscious, unprompted

Near Antonyms of inadvertent

certain, destined, expected, fixed, foreordained, foreseeable, foreseen, inevitable, predestined, predetermined, predictable, preordained, prescribed, sure

conscious, freewill, knowing, unforced, voluntary, volunteer, willful (or wilful)

Antonyms of inadvertent

calculated, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, premeditative, prepense, set

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