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in advertent

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in⋅ad⋅vert⋅ent

[in-uhd-vur-tnt]
–adjective
1. unintentional: an inadvertent insult.
2. not attentive; heedless.
3. of, pertaining to, or characterized by lack of attention.

Origin:
1645–55; abstracted from inadvertence, inadvertency; see -ent


in⋅ad⋅vert⋅ent⋅ly, adverb


2. inattentive. 3. thoughtless, careless, negligent.
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