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inadvertent

adjective

Reveal meaning and examples

Unintentional or resulting from inattention.

An inadvertent omission left one contributor out of the program.

Dictionary practice example.

A discrepancy appeared between the year printed below one photograph and the year in its approved caption. Amara traced it to an inadvertent copying error: an old caption had been pasted into the new layout by mistake.

From The Care Behind a Clean Page.

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