n. 1. The quality or habit of being inadvertent. 2. An instance of being inadvertent; an oversight. [Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin inadvertentia : Latin in-, not; see IN-1 + Medieval Latin advertentia, advertence; see ADVERTENCE.] |
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