inadvertency

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Leak Investigation 1 appears to have stemmed from mistake, inadvertency and laziness.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2025

General Taylor, by an inadvertency strange to pass to a second edition, is represented as putting down the South-Carolina Nullifiers in 1838.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 by Various

Persia, Syria, Arabia, parts of Turkey, and the Barbary coast, have been rendered arid deserts by this inadvertency.

From A Morning's Walk from London to Kew by Phillips, Richard

Now, it is extremely unlikely that there should have been two such instances of inadvertency in the author, or carelessness in the copyist.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John

Vices of adoption are of all others the most unpardonable, for they have not inadvertency to plead.

From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton