inadvertent

English

Etymology

Back-formation from inadvertence and inadvertency.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪnədˈvɜːtn̩t/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪnədˈvɝtn̩t/
Hyphenation: in‧ad‧ver‧tent
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Adjective

inadvertent (not comparable)

Not intentional; not on purpose; not conscious.
We check everything because an inadvertent error could be disastrous.
(obsolete) Inattentive.
- 1729, Joseph Addison, The Spectator (page 119)
  […] over-reach'd any innocent and inadvertent Man of his Purse.

Related terms

Translations

not intentional

Bulgarian: небрежен (bg) (nebrežen), нехаен (bg) (nehaen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 疏忽的, 漫不经心的, 粗心大意的
Danish: utilsigtet
Dutch: onopzettelijk (nl)
Finnish: tahaton (fi)
French: involontaire (fr) m or f
German: versehentlich (de), irrtümlich (de), unbeabsichtigt (de)
Icelandic: óviljandi

Italian: involontario (it)
Manx: neurioosagh
Maori: pokerehū
Norwegian: utilsiktet
Portuguese: inadvertido
Russian: неумышленный (ru) (neumyšlennyj), нечаянный (ru) (nečajannyj)
Spanish: involuntario (es)
Swedish: oavsiktlig (sv)

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