INADVERTENTLY Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

inadvertently

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as in accidentally

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Recent Examples of inadvertently Digger follows greedy, careless Digger as his company inadvertently catalyzes a disaster with global repercussions—then, whoopsie, sets off another for good measure. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026 An organization can take its savings and inadvertently fill the space with more work. — Prithvi Singh Shergill, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 The video also inadvertently reveals commonalities between the house founder and its creative director. — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2026 The World Health Organization defines a fall as an event in which a person inadvertently comes to rest on the ground, floor, or another lower level, so a same-level slip or trip may also qualify. — Matthew Kayser, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026 By acquitting Fisher, the council members had inadvertently exonerated Metze. — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 The H-bomb’s existence became public only after a congressman inadvertently disclosed it on live television. — Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026 Additional autonomous cyberattacks were disclosed by Anthropic and Meta in recent months, though in those cases the models had been granted internet access either intentionally or inadvertently. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026 However, you can sometimes get tangled up with them inadvertently, which is especially concerning in the fall with their large population sizes. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2026

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Adverb

The problem is that many organizations have built that map accidentally.

— Jessica Wong, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Cincinnati Reds longtime broadcaster Thom Brennaman was suspended indefinitely in 2020 after his microphone accidentally picked up him using a three-letter anti-gay slur.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of accidentally

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Third place was Japanese director Sabu’s Arrested Memory, a crime caper about a detective with dementia who unwittingly wanders off with a multimillion-dollar ransom, sending cops and criminals on his trail.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
Everyone had a tiny role to play, but unwittingly and based on incomplete information.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of unwittingly

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Leaders who are more concerned with receiving credit than creating results can unintentionally silence the very people who could move the business forward.

— Ramin Seyed, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Misgendering means using incorrect pronouns or other gendered language for someone, intentionally or unintentionally.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of unintentionally

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There’s also evidence that some mimicry happens unconsciously.

— Alesandra Dubin, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2026
Perhaps the actions of England’s peasantry made such a formative impression on young Greengrass that he was unconsciously drawn to other stories with a similar thematic undercurrent.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of unconsciously

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And, fortuitously for would-be sponsors, something happened in tennis that made these arrangements even more appealing.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The earnings announcement was fortuitously timed, coming just as reports were surfacing of high-level OpenAI employees joining the company.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of fortuitously

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Jasson Domínguez, still a liability on defense, carelessly let a leadoff single bounce past him and roll to the wall in right for a two-base error, but Cole managed to strand the runner at third and logged a scoreless frame.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026
Omar Alderete, O’Nien’s second-half replacement, carelessly did the same thing for the late winner.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of carelessly

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