Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Not intentional; not on purpose; not conscious.

    We check everything because an inadvertent error could be disastrous.

    versehentlich, irrtümlich, unbeabsichtigt

    неумышленныйneumyšlennyj, нечаянныйnečajannyj

  2. (not comparable, obsolete)Inattentive.

More definitions
  • happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
not intentional:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
not intentional:

Origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin inadvertēns.

Borrowed from Medieval Latin inadvertēns.

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Synonyms

5 synonyms
not intentional:designless
Close in meaning
  • happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally:accidental

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
inadvertent — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto