Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not duly attentive.
- adj. Marked by unintentional lack of care. See Synonyms at careless.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not properly attentive; heedless; careless; negligent.
- Unconscious; unintentional; accidental.
- Synonyms Inattentive, unobservant, thoughtless.
Wiktionary
- adj. not intentional; not on purpose; not conscious
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
Examples
“In times of organizational change or chaos, we're much more likely to see those kinds of leaks -- what I call inadvertent disclosures," Dartmouth College management professor Eric Johnson says.”
“After Obama nominated him to lead the TSA, Southers gave one account of the incident in a sworn congressional affidavit on Oct. 22, but four weeks later he apologized for what he described as inadvertent inconsistencies in his recollection.”
“This suggests the existence of another source of long-term inadvertent and unintentional hormonal exposure common among men and women to support a common etiology between prostate and breast cancer.”
“‘But I would never take lightly a serious allegation backed up by evidence that there was a willful — and I emphasize willful, inadvertent is something else — willful disclosure, and I haven’t seen any evidence.’”
Think Progress » Kristol: ‘Sudden’ Goss Resignation Prompted By ‘Something That Popped This Week’
“The historians said these things though she had acknowledged supposedly "'inadvertent'" copying, and her claimed reasons for the plagiarized portions of her work were, as said, "implausibl [e].”
“Connecticut and states including Massachusetts and Illinois are demanding information on what Google calls the inadvertent gathering of data from wireless networks, such as e-mail and passwords, as it took pictures of streets and houses for its Street View service.”
“Mountain View, California-based Google called the inadvertent three-year-long collection”
“We also tend to test those cognitive skills that we consider most relevant, which means that real life might provide the cohort with what could be termed inadvertent practice.”
“Iowa associate athletic director Fred Mims said in the school's official response to the NCAA that the violations were "inadvertent" and that steps have been taken to ensure it won't happen again.”
The Huffington Post: Iowa Recruits Met Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore
“Our tradition is to take a leak on the same tree on the way to camp for good luck. it was kind of inadvertent tradition but now we do it every year”
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