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Definition of Inadvertency
1. Noun. The trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities.
Generic synonyms: Attentiveness
Antonyms: Heedfulness, Mindfulness
Derivative terms: Inadvertent, Inadvertent, Unmindful, Unmindful
Definition of Inadvertency
1. Noun. inadvertence or heedlessness ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inadvertency
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Inadvertency
Literary usage of Inadvertency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1826)
"inadvertency seems to refer rather to tbe cause of the mistake, namely, the
partira- lar abstraction of the mind from the object: the term oversight seems ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1772)
"... it muft be imputed to inadvertency, not intention. We could prove an indubitable
claim to many things which they have appropriated; ..."
3. Patent Office Papers by United States Patent Office (1914)
"and what inadvertency, accident, or mistake occurred, that the office may have
the means of determining whether it was without any fraudulent intent. ..."
4. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"... not a single instance occurred of any embarrassment being occasioned to them,
by any mistake or inadvertency on his part, and on the other hand, ..."
5. Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble, Esq.: Including a History of the by James Boaden (1825)
"Mr. Kemble for his benefit acts Macbeth. —Critical dispute.—Mason's Elfrida.—Mrs.
Siddons in that part.— The original Tempest acted.—inadvertency of ..."
6. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1850)
"... mistake, inadvertency, or urgent necessity. He thought that the present law,
by which sixty days were allowed in Ireland, and forty-two days in England, ..."
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