- inadvertency
- noun (plural -cies) Date: 1592 inadvertence
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
inadvertency
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inadvertency — I noun carelessness, dereliction, disregard, inattention, inattentiveness, indifference, laxity, miscue, mistake, neglect, negligence, nonobservance, omission, oversight, thoughtlessness, unmindfulness II index inconsideration, laxity, miscue,… … Law dictionary
Inadvertency — Inadvertence In ad*vert ence; pl. { ces}, Inadvertency In ad*vert en*cy; pl. { cies}, n. [Cf. F. inadvertance.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
inadvertency — /in euhd verr tn see/, n., pl. inadvertencies. inadvertence. [1585 95; < ML inadvertentia, equiv. to L in IN 3 + advert turn to (see ADVERT1) + entia ENCY] * * * … Universalium
inadvertency — noun inadvertence or heedlessness … Wiktionary
inadvertency — n. carelessness, negligence, heedlessness; inattention, neglect … English contemporary dictionary
inadvertency — n. See inadvertence … New dictionary of synonyms
inadvertency — in·ad·ver·ten·cy … English syllables
inadvertency — in•ad•vert•en•cy [[t]ˌɪn ədˈvɜr tn si[/t]] n. pl. cies inadvertence … From formal English to slang
inadvertency — /ɪnədˈvɜtnsi/ (say inuhd vertnsee) noun (plural inadvertencies) → inadvertence …
inadvertency — noun the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities • Syn: ↑unmindfulness, ↑heedlessness, ↑inadvertence • Ant: ↑heedfulness (for: ↑heedlessness), ↑mindfulness … Useful english dictionary
