The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
unmindfulness, heedlessness, inadvertence, inadvertency
(noun) the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
Source: WordNet® 3.1
inadvertency (plural inadvertencies)
inadvertence or heedlessness
Source: Wiktionary
In`ad*vert"ence; pl. -ces (, In`ad*vert"en*cy; pl. -cies (, n. Etym: [Cf. F. inadvertance.]
1. The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence. Inadvertency, or want of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers. Jer. Taylor.
2. An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence. The productions of a great genius, with many lapses an inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to works of an inferior kind of author which are scrupulously exact. Addison.
Syn.
– Inattention; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence; thoughtlessness. See Inattention.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 November 2024
(adjective) free from evil or guilt; “an innocent child”; “the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.