inadvertent
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With the substitution exposed, Fox claimed the error was inadvertent.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2026
No matter, many took his comments to be an inadvertent slip of the greatest secret in history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
Commissioner Rasha Gerges Shields said it lacked guardrails against the inadvertent deletion of pertinent records.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
Daniel Greenberg said that following an investigation he had concluded that the breaches were "inadvertent" and due to "staffing and other administrative issues".
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026
Then there is behavioral residue, which is defined as the inadvertent clues we leave behind: dirty laundry on the floor, for instance, or an alphabetized CD collection.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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