- 1. n. The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence. Source: opted
- 2. n. An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence. Source: opted
- 3. n. the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities Source: wordnet
- 4. 1. The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence. Inadvertency, or want of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers. Jer. Taylor. 2. An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence. 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. Source: webster
- 5. n the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities Source: ecdict
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