as in carelessness
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Recent Examples of inadvertence
As for inventions, accident and inadvertence played a role in the development of Post-it Notes and microwave heating.
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Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 4 May 2018
The history of the game proceeded through intelligence, but also through inadvertence.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2017
Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 4 May 2018
The history of the game proceeded through intelligence, but also through inadvertence.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inadvertence
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Bhutta attributes the spike in part to laxity with door-to-door vaccination campaigns.—
Ruchi Kumar,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2025
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The latter is a mix of five peptide chains to improve laxity at different levels of the skin, leaving it with a firmer, more youthful appearance.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Inadvertence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inadvertence. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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