Inadvertence

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inadvertence \In`ad*vert"ence\; pl. {-ces}, Inadvertency
  \In`ad*vert"en*cy\; pl. {-cies}, n. [Cf. F. inadvertance.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or
        attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes
        proceed from inadvertence.


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              Inadvertency, or lack of attendance to the sense and
              intention of our prayers.             --Jer. Taylor.
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     2. An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an
        oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence.
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              The productions of a great genius, with many lapses
              an inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to
              works of an inferior kind of author which are
              scrupulously exact.                   --Addison.
  
     Syn: Inattention; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence;
          thoughtlessness. See {Inattention}.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inadvertence
       n 1: an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice
            something [syn: {oversight}]
       2: the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
          [syn: {unmindfulness}, {heedlessness}, {inadvertency}]
          [ant: {mindfulness}, {mindfulness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "inadvertence":
     absentmindedness, balk, bevue, carelessness, culpa,
     culpable negligence, default, dereliction, disregard,
     disregardfulness, distraction, failure, false move, false step,
     flightiness, flippancy, frivolousness, giddiness, heedlessness,
     inadvertency, inattention, inattentiveness, inconsideration,
     incuriosity, indifference, inobservance, laches, laissez-faire,
     lapse, lapsus calami, lapsus linguae, laxity, laxness, levity,
     lightmindedness, loose thread, looseness, miscue, misstep, neglect,
     neglectfulness, negligence, nonfeasance, noninterference,
     nonobservance, nonperformance, nonrestriction, obliviousness,
     omission, overlooking, oversight, permissiveness, poor stewardship,
     procrastination, regardlessness, remissness, shallowness,
     slackness, slight, slip, slipup, stumble, superficiality,
     thoughtlessness, trip, unalertness, unawareness, unconsciousness,
     unheedfulness, unintentiveness, unmindfulness, unobservance,
     unrigorousness, unwariness, unwatchfulness, wrong step