ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Inadvertency

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Inadvertency is a noun meaning Inadvertence; heedlessness.

Meaning

Inadvertence; heedlessness.

Example Sentences

Inadvertency, or want of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers.
It ſeems more probable that Ovid vvas either the Confident of ſome other paſſion, or that he had ſtumbled by ſome inadvertency, upon the privacies of Livia, and ſeen her in a Bath: […]

Word Forms

Synonyms for inadvertency

Depending on context, synonyms include inadvertence, heedlessness, unmindfulness.

Antonyms for inadvertency

Common opposites include heedfulness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inadvertence, heedlessness, unmindfulness, misadvertence, misheed, forgetfulness.

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