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inadvertently
[ in-uhd-vur-tnt-lee ]
adverb
- unintentionally; without meaning to:
I apologize to anyone I have inadvertently left off this list.
- through lack of attention; without anyone noticing:
There is the potential for one set of rules to inadvertently replace another.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of inadvertently1
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Example Sentences
In its attempt to discredit the story, the JPO inadvertently confirmed that fact.
Do you worry about glorifying war, even inadvertently, by depicting it as something sacrosanct?
Minutes into the rerelease of Grand Theft Auto V, I inadvertently stomped a cat to death.
Katniss walks through mountains of skeletons, at one point recoiling in horror as she inadvertently steps on a skull.
But she had no way to know for sure until August, when a legal filing was inadvertently made public by a federal court.
She turned her gaze away from the mirror, and saw Sarah's grey head inadvertently nodding, as it always nodded.
She did not know why she put on the Mr. It came inadvertently, but was the most fortunate thing she could have done.
Assuming that the reverend gentleman was inadvertently buried alive, we deprecate this delay.
Here, therefore, I seek but to bring back to your memory what livelier sensations have inadvertently driven from it.
Inadvertently turning a hatch upside down, is considered an unfavourable sign.
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