inadvertency

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

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2025

He remained, therefore, continually shut up in his laboratory, watching his furnace; for a moment's inadvertency might once more defeat all his expectations.

From Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Irving, Washington

By some peculiar inadvertency, as he was in the middle of one of his own adventures, his finger touched the burglar alarm.

From A Splendid Hazard by MacGrath, Harold

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

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