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Inadvertent   /ˌɪnədvˈərtənt/  /ˌɪnædvˈərtənt/   Listen
Inadvertent

adjective
1.
Happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally.  Synonym: accidental.  "Accidental poisoning" , "An accidental shooting"






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"Inadvertent" Quotes from Famous Books



... needful. In the confusion of his rapid summaries and calculations it was a pleasurable thought that she should learn from him, and through him and in him, that it was not so with all. The silence which at first was inadvertent now became deliberate as—while he noted with satisfaction that he had not overstated to himself the exquisite, restrained beauty of her features, her eyes, her hair, her hands, and of the very texture and fashion of her clothing—he prolonged the suspense which was to be the prelude to his ...
— The Street Called Straight • Basil King



Words linked to "Inadvertent" :   unintended, inadvertency, inadvertence



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