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inadvertent

Syllables: in·ad·ver·tentUK/ˌɪnədˈvɜːtn̩t//ˌɪnədˈvɝtn̩t/

inadvertent adjective: not intentional; not on purpose; not conscious.

Adjective

inadvertent (not comparable)

  1. Not intentional; not on purpose; not conscious.
    • We check everything because an inadvertent error could be disastrous.
    Synonyms:
    designless
  2. (obsolete) Inattentive.
    • The Sharpers about Town very ingeniously understood themselves to be the undesigning Part of Mankind what Foxes are to Lambs, and therefore used the Word Biting to express any Exploit wherein they had over-reach'd any innocent and inadvertent Man of his Purse.1712 October 8, Joseph Addison, The Spectator, number 504, page 119

inadvertent meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

inadvertent in Tamil

கவனக் குறைவுடைய, கவனக்குறைவான, கவனமற்ற, விழிப்பற்ற, விழிப்புணர்வற்ற

inadvertent in Urdu

بےفکر, بےارادہ, بےخبر, بےپرواہ, غافل

inadvertent in Bengali

অনিচ্ছাকৃত, অসাবধানতাবশত করা

inadvertent in Malayalam

unintended, unintentional, accidental
മനഃപൂർവ്വമല്ലാത്ത, ബോധപൂർവ്വമല്ലാത്ത, കരുതിക്കൂട്ടിയല്ലാത്ത, ഉദ്ദേശിക്കാത്ത, അവിചാരിതമായ, യദൃച്ഛ
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inadvertent in Kannada
ಲಕ್ಷ್ಯಕೊಡದ, ಗಮನಕೊಡದ, ಕಣ್ಣು ತಪ್ಪಿದ, ಅನುದ್ದಿಷ್ಟ

Synonyms of inadvertent

All synonyms of inadvertent

Origin of inadvertent

Borrowed from Medieval Latin inadvertēns.

Questions about inadvertent

What does inadvertent mean?
Inadvertent means not intentional; not on purpose; not conscious.
What is inadvertent in Tamil?
Inadvertent in Tamil is கவனக் குறைவுடைய, கவனக்குறைவான, கவனமற்ற. See Inadvertent meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is inadvertent?
Inadvertent is an adjective.
How do you pronounce inadvertent?
Inadvertent is pronounced /ˌɪnədˈvɜːtn̩t/ (UK).

Words near inadvertent in the dictionary

  1. inadventurous
  2. inadvertence
  3. inadvertences
  4. inadvertencies
  5. inadvertency
  6. inadvertent
  7. inadvertently
  8. inadvisability
  9. inadvisable
  10. inadvisableness
  11. inadvisably

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: inadvertent (page history and authors); inadvertent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inadvertent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inadvertent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inadvertent (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); inadvertent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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