Inadvertent \In`ad*vert"ent\, a. [Cf. F. inadvertant. See 2d
In-, and Advert.]
Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless;
negligent; inattentive.
[1913 Webster]
An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at evening in the public path. --Cowper.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
inadvertent
adj : without intention (especially resulting from heedless
action); "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the
vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an
accidental shooting" [syn: accidental]
WordNet (r) 2.0
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "inadvertent":
arbitrary, automatic, capricious, careless, casual,
culpably negligent, derelict, disregardant, disregardful,
distracted, distrait, feckless, gut, heedless, ill-advised,
ill-considered, ill-devised, inattentive, inconsiderate, incurious,
indeliberate, indifferent, inobservant, involuntary, laissez-faire,
lax, loose, neglectful, neglecting, negligent, noninterfering,
nonrestrictive, off-guard, overly permissive, permissive,
procrastinating, reasonless, reflex, reflexive, regardless,
relaxed, remiss, scamping, skimping, slack, slighting, slurring,
snap, spontaneous, thoughtless, unadvised, uncalculated,
uncalculating, uncaring, uncircumspect, unconscious, unconsidered,
undeliberate, undeliberated, undesigned, undevised, unguarded,
unheedful, unheeding, unintended, unintentional, unmarking,
unmeditated, unmindful, unnoticing, unnoting, unobservant,
unobserving, unplanned, unpremeditated, unpurposed, unreasoning,
unreflecting, unreflective, unremarking, unrigorous, unstudied,
unthinking, unthought, unthoughtful, unwary, unwatchful, unwilled,
wrecking
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
accidental
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