- (n.) The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence.
- (n.) An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake or fault from negligence.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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