We check everything because an inadvertent error could be disastrous.
Source: wiktionary
Inadvertent
//ˌɪnədˈvɜːtn̩t//
Synonyms for "inadvertent" (100 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (50)
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3 entriesderived from
2 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- неумишлен adj (not intentional)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 漫不经心的 adj (not intentional)
- 疏忽的 adj (not intentional)
- 粗心大意的 adj (not intentional)
Danish
1 entries- utilsigtet adj (not intentional)
Dutch
1 entries- onopzettelijk adj (not intentional)
Esperanto
1 entries- senvola adj (not intentional)
Finnish
1 entries- tahaton adj (not intentional)
French
1 entries- involontaire adj (not intentional)
German
3 entries- irrtümlich adj (not intentional)
- unbeabsichtigt adj (not intentional)
- versehentlich adj (not intentional)
Icelandic
1 entries- óviljandi adj (not intentional)
Italian
1 entries- involontario adj (not intentional)
Manx
1 entries- neurioosagh adj (not intentional)
Māori
2 entries- kōpeka adj (not intentional)
- pokerehū adj (not intentional)
Norwegian
1 entries- utilsiktet adj (not intentional)
Portuguese
1 entries- inadvertido adj (not intentional)
Romanian
4 entries- accidental adj (not intentional)
- fârâ intenție adj (not intentional)
- fârâ voie adj (not intentional)
- nedorit adj (not intentional)
Russian
2 entries- неумышленный adj (not intentional)
- нечаянный adj (not intentional)
Spanish
1 entries- involuntario adj (not intentional)
Swedish
1 entries- oavsiktlig adj (not intentional)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
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