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Recent Examples of inadvertent The team representative and the driver apologised for the inadvertent breach. Lydia Mee, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025 Industries that have gained from the largely inadvertent protectionist effect of sanctions include agriculture, light manufacturing, and consumer services such as fast food. Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2025 These inadvertent discriminatory outputs could lead to serious legal and compliance issues and infringe on the privacy rights of individuals. Forbes.com, 2 June 2025 There are new economic factors at play that may have the inadvertent effect of slowing fast fashion and overconsumption, which would ultimately reduce industry emissions. Karen Dougherty, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for inadvertent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inadvertent
accidental
Adjective
  • Most hot-car deaths are accidental Being stressed can increase your likelihood of memory lapses that lead to leaving your child in a car, according to a prominent cognitive neuroscience expert who has researched the function of memory in such tragedies.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 27 June 2025
  • Her manner of death was determined to be accidental.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 27 June 2025

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“Inadvertent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inadvertent. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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