Definition of Inadvirtence
{ In`ad*vert"ence (?); pl. -ces
(&?;), In`ad*vert"en*cy (?); pl. -
cies (&?;), } n. [Cf. F.
inadvertance.]
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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