inadvertency

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

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2025

Now, through his own inadvertency, he had rushed, as he believed, into the jaws of the pest.

From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden

Always indicative of character, habit may yet, to a certain extent, do us the greatest injustice, through mere inadvertency.

From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Lunettes, Henry

Their father is the most intimate friend they have, and they always consult him rather than any other, when any error has happened in their conduct through youth and inadvertency.

From The Tatler, Volume 3 by Various

By some strange inadvertency, however, Mr. Chaplin's eccentric person was missing from the screen.

From The Adventure Club Afloat by Barbour, Ralph Henry