inadvertent
Example Sentences
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With the substitution exposed, Fox claimed the error was inadvertent.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2026
Commissioner Rasha Gerges Shields said it lacked guardrails against the inadvertent deletion of pertinent records.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
Chief Justice John Roberts, as well as others, questioned whether inadvertent errors in mortgage paperwork could plausibly rise to the level of gross negligence.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
That Belmondo morphs from appealing photojournalist to unlikable sexual cad while the picture’s ostensible star—Claude Brasseur as an inadvertent cop killer—disappears for long stretches does the picture no favors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
Maddie gasped at the river’s inadvertent loveliness, and all at once she found herself spilling childish tears, not just for her own besieged island, but for all of Europe.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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