Inadvertent

3 definitions found

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

  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.
     -- {In`ad*vert"ent*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

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

  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