Definition of "inadvertence" [in•ad•vert•ence]

• The quality or habit of being inadvertent. (noun)
• An instance of being inadvertent; an oversight or slip. (noun)

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• "It is sometimes said by those who should know better that there was no intention to give such great-powers to the Province or Dominion, and that the B.N. A. Act was passed as it were in inadvertence."
• "He did inform Mr. Fish, at any rate, on the 30th of July, and alleged "inadvertence" as the reason for his omission to do it before."
• ""inadvertence" requirement, such a conclusion is inconsistent with"