inadvertence

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The state or quality of being inadvertent; inadvertency; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence.
  2. (countable, uncountable) An effect or result of inattention; an oversight or mistake from negligence.

Synonyms

carelessness
25k
oversight
C2
inattention
inadvertency
heedlessness
negligence
C2
unmindfulness
remissness
blunder
20k
mistake
A2
improvidence
inattentiveness
incautiousness
inconsideration
indifference
C2
inobservance
insensitiveness
laissez faire
listlessness
neglect
C2
nonchalance
omission
32k
phlegm
33k
recklessness
33k
regardlessness
sloppiness
slovenliness
thoughtlessness
unconcern
unresponsiveness
unseemliness
criminal negligence
false step

unconscientiousness

unthoughtfulness
unhelpfulness

willful neglect

aloofness

incausiousness

blandness
coldness
30k
delinquency
36k
dereliction
41k
detachment
C2
disinterest
failure
B2
faux pas
impassiveness
Translations

Unachtsamkeit
inadvertencia
disattenzione
sbadataggine

inadvertència

inadvertance
inattention

desatenção

equivocación
descuido
imprudencia
insensatez
irreflexión
irresponsabilidad
Etymology

From Middle French inadvertance.

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