inadvertent

Example Sentences

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“We feel very comfortable that this isn’t an issue with inadvertent manipulation of fuel control,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her letting agent said an oversight meant it never applied for the licence on her behalf but Reeves said she took full responsibility and apologised for the "inadvertent mistake".

From BBC

In August last year he was found to have committed "minor and/or inadvertent" breaches of the MPs' code of conduct by failing to register eight interests on time.

From BBC

She found he had breached the MPs' Code of Conduct eight times, describing the breaches as "minor and/or inadvertent" over declarations that were late.

From BBC

The other is that the virus escaped in some kind of research-related incident or inadvertent laboratory leak.

From Washington Post