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English Dictionary: Inadvertent by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inadvertent
adj
  1. happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally ; "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting"
    Synonym(s): accidental, inadvertent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inadvertent \In`ad*vert"ent\, a. [Cf. F. inadvertant. See 2d
      {In-}, and {Advert}.]
      Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless;
      negligent; inattentive.
  
               An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at
               evening in the public path.                     --Cowper.
      -- {In`ad*vert"ent*ly}, adv.
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