inadvertent
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In his response, Lowell said signing a primary-mortgage agreement on the Georgia property was an entirely inadvertent oversight.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
In an interview with BBC Newsnight, Polanski repeatedly refused to apologise for "an inadvertent mistake" but acknowledged he needed to "be better on social media".
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
In addition to being an inadvertent tutorial on production design, “A Woman of Substance” feels a bit dated, in a way it certainly wouldn’t have 40 years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
It’s amusing to me that Haim’s signature walk was an inadvertent invention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
He yelped, firing another inadvertent camera flash, catching a few of Otto’s Second Guessers.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
Vocabulary lists containing inadvertent
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