inadvertent

English

Etymology

Back-formation from inadvertence and inadvertency.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪnədˈvɜːtn̩t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪnədˈvɝtn̩t/
• Hyphenation: in‧ad‧ver‧tent

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

inadvertent (not comparable)

1. Not intentional; not on purpose; not conscious.

   We check everything because an inadvertent error could be disastrous.

2. (obsolete) Inattentive.
   • 1712 October 8, Joseph Addison, The Spectator, number 504, page 119:

     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.

Synonyms

• (not intentional): designless, unintended, accidental; see also Thesaurus:unintentional
• (inattentive): absent-minded, distracted

Related terms

• advert
• inadvertently
• advertent

Translations

not intentional

• Bulgarian: неумишлен (bg) (neumišlen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 疏忽的, 漫不经心的, 粗心大意的

• Danish: utilsigtet
• Dutch: onopzettelijk (nl)
• Finnish: tahaton (fi)
• French: involontaire (fr) m or f
• German: versehentlich (de), irrtümlich (de), unbeabsichtigt (de)
• Icelandic: óviljandi
• Italian: involontario (it)
• Manx: neurioosagh
• Maori: pokerehū, kōpeka
• Norwegian: utilsiktet
• Portuguese: inadvertido
• Romanian: fârâ voie, accidental (ro), nedorit (ro), fârâ intenție
• Russian: неумышленный (ru) (neumyšlennyj), нечаянный (ru) (nečajannyj)
• Spanish: involuntario (es)
• Swedish: oavsiktlig (sv)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French inadvertant.

Adjective

inadvertent m or n (feminine singular inadvertentă, masculine plural inadvertenți, feminine and neuter plural inadvertente)

1. inadvertent

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	inadvertent		inadvertentă		inadvertenți	inadvertente
	definite	inadvertentul		inadvertenta		inadvertenții	inadvertentele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	inadvertent		inadvertente		inadvertenți	inadvertente
	definite	inadvertentului		inadvertentei		inadvertenților	inadvertentelor